67. An often discussed question or which no reliable statistical information
 was hitherto available is the actual time loss to the workers on
account of absenteeism with the corresponding loss in wages. The
following table shows the number of man-days lost through absenteeism
during the period of the Enquiry in the selected mills at each centre :—

Working days lost through absenteeism by

Centre

Bombay .e
Ahmedabad ..
Sholapur .

Total

Men

73,8566
26,373
12.469

1.12.698 |

Women

38,647
5,978
2.363

46.988 |

All adult
workers

1,12,603
32,351
14.832

1.59.686

68. The.loss in earnings per head separately for men and women
werkers and all adult operatives returned in the Enquiry for each centre
was as follows :(—

Per capita loss in earnings through
absenteeism for

Centre

Bombay vi ws .“t
Ahmedabad .. wv :
Sholapur

Men

Rs. a. p. |
214 3
215 0
2a 6 5b

Women

Rs. a. p.
2 6 2
1 89
1 2 8B

|

All adult
workers

Rs. a. p.
212 5
210 9
3 0 2

69. Children have not been included in the three preceding tables.
Half-time workers lost 654 days with Rs. 224-13-0 in earnings iu
Ahmedabad and 809 days with Rs. 202-4-0 in earnings in Sholapur.
The per capita loss in relation to the total number of children employed
was five annas and six pies in Ahmedabad and Re. 1-0-10 in Sholapur.