67. An often discussed question or which no reliable statistical infor- 
mation 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.