excluded from the totals it is found that 22,598 adult operatives worked
full-time out of 43,744 returned, the percentage in this case amounting
bo 5166 as against 47-82 per cent. as stated in the table. In Ahmedabad
there was little difference in the percentages for full-time attendance as
between men and women. Among men, 7,157 out of 12,719 returned
or 56°27 per cent. worked full-time, the corresponding figures for women
being 1,677 out of 3,016 or 5560 per cent.
58. The figures in the main tables Nos. IV to VI are compiled by
Departments. . The figures for the number of operatives working
full time in each occupation group will be found in the detailed tables
Nos. X and XII for Average Earnings for Bombay and Sholapur. The
Bombay figures are in relation to 27 days in the month whereas the
Sholapur figures cover the numbers of those working for a full working
month of 27 days in one mill and of 26 days in the other mill. As periodic
earnings have not been compiled for Ahmedabad for the reasons
given in Chapter Il (paragraph 26) no separate figures have been given
for the number of full time workers against different occupations,
As it is of interest, however, to compare the figures of the numbers working
full time in relation to the numbers returned in the main occupations
for men and women as between the three centres, separate figures were
worked out for Ahmedabad for weavers and spinners (siders) among
men, and for winders and reelers among women and these are set out
in comparison with the figures for Bombay and Sholapur in the following
table —
Occupation
Weavers (Men)
Siders (Spinners) (Men
Reelers (Women)
Winders (Women)
Jentre
"Bombay ..
Ahmedabad |
_Sholapur ..|
“Bombay ..|
Ahmedabad .|
_Sholapur ..
“Bombay ..
Ahmedabad
Sholapur ..
"Bombay |
Ahmedabad .|
Sholapur ..
Total number
of workers
returned
11,758
4,582
1.500
5,268
1,604
4R92
2,044
429
280
4,633
635
260
Number
working
Full-time
8,625
2,273
214
269
802
209
413
213
66
1,101
344 |
70
Percentage of
full-time
workers to
total returned
72-50
49-61
20-83
24-09
50-00
43-36
20-21
49-65
17-37
23-70
54-17
26-92
59. There are several striking features in the above table. The
effects of the rotation of employment given to reelers and winders
in Bombay are brought out at once when it is seen that only 23-70 per
cent. of the winders and 20-21 per cent. of the reelers worked full time
as against 45°12 per cent. in the case of the remaining 5,395 women
employed in the selected Bombay mills. In Ahmedabad the percentages
of those working full time to the number returned were 54 17 for wirders
