Census of production of brewing and allied trades 1907

I'm gradually trolling through the 1922 Brewers' Almanack for tidbits. Mostly lovely tables full of numbers. Like this one.

It's an extract from the first Census of Production, which was undertaken in 1908 for the year 1907. It has some handy figures relating to the brewing industry. Especially with regard to the number of people employed.

I was aware that brewing employed relatively few people, but I was shocked by just how few: 84,969.  Just because of how many breweries there were before WW I. In 1905, there were 5,180 breweries in the UK. That works out to an average of just 16 per brewery. Lesss that that, really, as in the employee number also includes those involved in malting.

However, of those 5,180 breweries, 3,787 produced fewer than 1,000 barrels a year. Or bugger all. These would mostly have been pub breweries that might not have employed anyone at all, other than the brewer. If we just take the 1,393 breweries that produced more than 1,000 barrels annually, it still only comes to about 61 employees per brewery.

It's significant how many were involved in bottling. At the time, most breweries didn't bottle much themselves, but relied on independent bottlers. The bottling process was still labour-intensive at the time, hence the large numbers. And I assume some of the numbers for brewing also include breweries inhouse bottling plants. The 1,800 or so female wage-earners were almsot certainly involved in bottling, that being about the only manual job women performed.

Talking of women, only 2.3% of brewery workers were women, while 27.5% of those employed in bottling were fremale. I'm intrigued as to the function of salaried women inside breweries. Were they performing secretarial or clerical work? Or were there already female lab technicians?

Of course, breweries are still very male-dominated. But I'm sure more than 2% of those employed are female. If anyone knows where I can find gigures for the present day I would be very grateful.

The net output per persomn employed, at £331, must have been one of the highest for any industry. It would be interesting to see what the average wage of a brewery worker was. The figures exclude beer duty, which that year came to £13,117,000.

Census of production of brewing and allied trades 1907
Trades.	Gross output, Selling value or value of work done.	Materials used. Cost.	Work given out. Amount paid to other firms.	Net output. Value.	Persons employed.	Net output per person employed.
Brewing and Malting	54,133,000	25,843,000	196,000	28,104,000	84,969	331
Spirit Distilling	4,833,000	3,352,000	-	1,481,000	6,525	227
Spirit Compounding, Rectifying, &c.	4,027,000	3,625,000	-	402,000	1,135	354
Bottling, &c	12,795,000	9,635,000	-	3,140,000	20,265	155
Aerated Waters, British Wines, &c.	6,035,000	2,461,000	-	3,577,000	28,657	125
	£81,826,000	£44,920,000	£196,000	£36,704,000	141,551	£259
Source:
Brewers' Almanack 1922, page 82.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of those employed:

Numbers employed in brewing and allied trades 1907
	Wage-earners. Average No. and age class				Salaried persons. Average No and age class.
Trades.	Males		Females.		Males		Females.
	Under 18.	Over 18.	Under 18.	Over 18.	Under 18.	Over 18.	Under 18.	Over 18.
Brewing & Malting	4,148	63,069	175	1,604	978	14,786	14	195
Spirit Distilling	125	5,378	5	124	60	812	2	19
Spirit Compounding. Rectifying, &c.	23	633	7	27	23	412	4	6
Bottling	3,115	9,793	697	3,148	278	2,989	20	225
Aerated Waters, British Wines, &c.	3,063	16,354	449	4,804	261	3,399	30	297
	10,474	95,227	1,333	9,707	1,600	22,398	70	742
Source:
Brewers' Almanack 1922, page 82.