DIFFERENCES OF WAGES PAID TO M?EN AND WOMEN 651 This is the case also with the telegraphists in the head office,_ particulars of whom are given below: First Class . Second Class. Number. 441 1149 MEN. Wages. Per annum. ?100, by ?C?6, to 160 ?45, by P?6 to ?110 WOMEN. Number. Wages. 23O Per week 3Os., by ls. 6d. to 38s. 21s. 6d. to 30s. 521 The amount of time lost from sickness is undoubtedly greater in the case of women than in that of men, but the following tables relating to the Post Office show that this is not an in- variable rule. ? I. Principal O.O?ces. Average amount of SiCkness in days per head of Male and Female Officers during 1889, in Offices where both Males and Females are employed. CLERKS. TELEGRAPHISTS. Female? i Female? com- com- Office. i Male. Female. pared Office. Male. Female. pared ? with ? with Males. Males. o, _+ Edinburgh . . . 7'4 '0 3'4 N.W. London . . '8 3'4 1'4 Manchester . . . 4'2 5'0 + 0'8 Glasgow .... 5'8 6'7 + 0'9 Birmingham . . 8'0 6'0 2'0 W. London . . . 7'5 6'9 - 0'6 Central Savings Norwood .... *23'5 6'9 16'6 .Bank ..... 7'4 8'9 + 1'5 E.C. London . . 6'8 9'2 ++ 2'4 Liverpool .... 1'3 9'7 + 8'4 W.C. London . . 2'8 9'7 6'9 Glasgow . . . 6'4 11'8 + 5'4 Central Telegraph Receiver anc? Ac- Office. . . 7'9 11'6 + 3'7 countant- Gene- Edinburgh' i 6'3 '12'3 + 6'0 ral's Office, Manchester ? ? 11'5 '14'3 + 2'8 London .... 9'3 '13'4 + 4'1 N. London . . 4'2 '14'7 + 10'5 Dublin .... , 6'8 *24'8 + 17'5 S.E. London . . 3'7 '15'0 + 11'3 S.W. London . . 7'9 '15'1 + 7'2 -- P.?ddington . 3'9 '15'7 + 11'8 L.lve .rpo?,l.. i i 8'5 '15'9 7:4 Birmingham 9'3 '18'8 ?- 9 5 Returned Letter Office ,, , '13'3 *22'2 + 8'9 Dublin , . . . . 10.6 *24.4 + 13.8 ' High rate due to lengthened absence of one or two officers. ? Including counter-?vomen, t Compiled from official statistics for 1889, a year of more than average sickness. But the influenza probably affected both sexes alike. These tables have been criticised as though they had been put forward to prove that the women were as
