Polish Residents in Scotland
A Statistical Sourcebook based on the Census of Scotland 1861-2001
Edited by
Jim Lipka
Section 3 - Occupational
Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Part 3: 1921-1931
Occupations of Alien Poles in
Scotland, 1921 & 1931
Orders | Male | Female | ||||
1921 | 1931 | 1921 | 1931 | |||
1 | Fishing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Agricultural Occupations | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Mining & Quarrying Occupations | 85 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Treatment of Non-metal Mine & Quarry Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Makers of Brick, Pottery & Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Chemical Processes, Paint, Oil, etc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Metal Workers (not Electroplate or Precious) | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Workers in Precious Metal & Electroplate | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Electrical Apparatus Makers & Fitters, Electricians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Makers of Watches, Clocks, Scientific Instruments | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Workers in Skin & Leather (not Boots or Shoes) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | Textile Workers | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
13 | Makers of Textile Goods, Articles of Dress | 127 | 98 | 21 | 12 | |
14 | Makers of Food, Drink, Tobacco | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
15 | Workers in Wood & Furniture | 34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Paper Makers, Workers, Printers, Photographers * | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Builders, Bricklayers, Stone & Slate Workers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Painters & Decorators (not Pottery) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | Workers in Other Materials | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
20 | Workers in Mixed or Undefined Materials | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | Employed in Gas, Water, Electricity Works | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | Employed in Transport & Communications | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Commerce, Finance, Insurance (not Clerks) | 151 | 100 | 25 | 22 | |
24 | Employees in Public Administration & Defence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | Professional Occupations | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
26 | Employed in Entertainment & Sport | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | Personal Service, Hotels, Clubs, Institutions | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | |
28 | Clerks, Draftsmen, Typists | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
29 | Warehousemen, Storekeepers, Packers | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
30 | Stationary Engine Drivers & Attendants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | Other & Undefined Workers | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Unoccupied & Retired | 31 | 39 | 368 | 231 | |
1921 Census of Scotland: Vol. 3, Table 10
1931 Census of Scotland:
* Printers and Photographers are a separate order in the 1931 Census.
Occupations of Alien Poles in
Scotland, aged over 12, 1921
Orders | Male | Female | ||
3 | Mining & Quarrying Occupations | 85 | 0 | |
hewers & getters | 66 | |||
persons conveying material to shaft | 2 | |||
persons making &repairing roads | 7 | |||
other workers below ground | 5 | |||
other workers above ground | 5 | |||
5 | Makers of Brick, Pottery & Glass | 1 | 0 | |
other skilled glassware workers | 1 | |||
7 | Metal Workers (not Electroplate or Precious) | 44 | 0 | |
employers, managers, foremen, overlookers | 1 | |||
skilled furnacemen (not foundry) | 4 | |||
puddlers | 4 | |||
foundry moulders (not blast furnace) | 1 | |||
iron or steel foundry furnace & cupola men | 2 | |||
boiler maker & platers' labourers | 1 | |||
cutlers | 1 | |||
mechanical engineers | 2 | |||
riveters | 2 | |||
riveters' labourers | 1 | |||
tinsmiths, sheet metal workers | 1 | |||
other skilled workers | 4 | |||
other workers | 20 | |||
8 | Workers in Precious Metal & Electroplate | 10 | 0 | |
employers & managers | 7 | |||
goldsmiths & gem setters | 3 | |||
9 | Electrical Apparatus Makers & Fitters, Electricians | 1 | 0 | |
electrical engineers | 1 | |||
10 | Makers of Watches, Clocks, Scientific Instruments | 2 | 0 | |
employers & managers | 1 | |||
watch, clock, chronometer makers & repairers | 1 | |||
11 | Workers in Skin & Leather (not Boots or Shoes) | 4 | 1 | |
employers & managers | 1 | |||
furriers, fur sewers, fur machinists | 1 | 1 | ||
other skilled workers | 2 | |||
12 | Textile Workers | 1 | 7 | |
breakers, rag graders, hecklers & willowers | 1 | |||
card, comb & frame tenters, box minders | 2 | |||
weavers | 1 | |||
other skilled workers | 2 | |||
other workers | 1 | 1 | ||
13 | Makers of Textile Goods, Articles of Dress | 127 | 21 | |
employers & managers | 29 | 1 | ||
skilled textile workers | 1 | |||
tailors, tailors' pressers & machinists | 78 | 13 | ||
dress & blouse makers | 2 | |||
hat sewers, finishers, trimmers | 2 | 2 | ||
boot & shoe makers & repairers | 15 | |||
sewers, stitchers, sewing machinists | 2 | 2 | ||
other workers | 1 | |||
14 | Makers of Food, Drink, Tobacco | 10 | 2 | |
employers & managers (food) | 1 | |||
bakers & pastry cooks | 2 | |||
sugar and confectionary makers | 1 | |||
other food workers | 1 | |||
other drinks workers | 2 | |||
other skilled tobacco workers | 2 | 1 | ||
other tobacco workers | 1 | 1 | ||
15 | Workers in Wood & Furniture | 34 | 0 | |
employers & managers | 7 | |||
cabinet makers | 13 | |||
wood carvers & guilders | 3 | |||
turners & machinists | 3 | |||
upholsterers & coach trimmers | 8 | |||
16 | Paper Makers, Workers, Printers | 3 | 0 | |
employers & managers | 1 | |||
printing machine setters & minders | 1 | |||
cardboard box makers | 1 | |||
17 | Builders, Bricklayers, Stone & Slate Workers | 5 | 0 | |
bricklayers | 1 | |||
plasterers | 1 | |||
glaziers | 1 | |||
labourers, navvies | 2 | |||
19 | Workers in Other Materials | 2 | 2 | |
other skilled workers in rubber, vulcanite, ebonite | 1 | 1 | ||
employers & managers | 1 | |||
other skilled workers | 1 | |||
20 | Workers in Mixed or Undefined Materials | 9 | 0 | |
other shipbuilding workers | 7 | |||
employers & managers | 1 | |||
other skilled workers | 1 | |||
22 | Employed in Transport & Communications | 9 | 0 | |
other railway workers | 1 | |||
haulage & carterage contractors & managers | 1 | |||
workers on lorries, wagons, vans | 1 | |||
workers on omnibuses, motors | 2 | |||
workers on trams | 1 | |||
petty officers, seamen, deckhands | 1 | |||
other dock labourers | 1 | |||
messengers | 1 | |||
23 | Commerce, Finance, Insurance (not Clerks) | 151 | 25 | |
proprietors, managers of wholesale & retail businesses | 99 | 10 | ||
brokers, agents, factors | 4 | |||
buyers | 2 | |||
commercial travellers | 13 | 1 | ||
canvassers | 1 | |||
shop assistants | 3 | 12 | ||
costermongers, hawkers | 27 | 2 | ||
money lenders, pawnbrokers | 2 | |||
25 | Professional Occupations | 18 | 2 | |
other clergy (not RC, protestant, episcopalian) | 1 | |||
itinerant preachers, missionaries | 1 | |||
church, chapel, cemetery officials | 3 | |||
physicians, surgeons, registered medical practitioners | 2 | |||
sick nurses | 1 | |||
subordinate medical services | 1 | |||
teachers | 5 | 1 | ||
articled clerks, professional students | 5 | |||
26 | Employed in Entertainment & Sport | 5 | 0 | |
managers of theatres, picture halls, etc | 3 | |||
theatre,variety agents | 1 | |||
showground proprietors & managers | 1 | |||
27 | Personal Service, Hotels, Clubs, Institutions | 11 | 7 | |
indoor domestic servants | 2 | |||
lodging, boarding house keepers | 1 | 1 | ||
hair dressers, manicurists, chiropodists | 9 | |||
charwomen, office cleaners | 1 | 4 | ||
28 | Clerks, Draftsmen, Typists | 1 | 3 | |
other clerks | 1 | 3 | ||
29 | Warehousemen, Storekeepers, Packers | 3 | 1 | |
warehousemen | 3 | |||
other packers, wrappers, labellers | 1 | |||
30 | Stationary Engine Drivers & Attendants | 2 | 0 | |
boliermen, firemen, stokers | 2 | |||
31 | Other & Undefined Workers | 28 | 0 | |
general labourers | 1 | |||
officials of foreign governments (not clerks) | 27 | |||
32 | Unoccupied & Retired | 31 | 368 | |
retired | 14 | |||
unoccupied | 17 | 368 | ||
1921 Census of Scotland: Vol. 3, Table 10
Occupations of Alien Poles in
Scotland, 1931
Orders | Male | Female | ||
2 | Agricultural Occupations | 2 | 1 | |
3 | Mining & Quarrying Occupations | 36 | 0 | |
coal miners | 36 | |||
7 | Metal Workers (not Electroplate or Precious) | 9 | 0 | |
furnacemen, puddlers | 3 | |||
foundry workers | 4 | |||
11 | Workers in Skin & Leather (not Boots or Shoes) | 2 | 0 | |
12 | Textile Workers | 2 | 1 | |
13 | Makers of Textile Goods, Articles of Dress | 98 | 12 | |
employers & managers | 29 | 1 | ||
tailors, tailors' pressers & machinists | 59 | 6 | ||
boot & shoe makers, repairers | 8 | |||
14 | Makers of Food, Drink, Tobacco | 8 | 0 | |
makers of food | 5 | |||
15 | Workers in Wood & Furniture | 36 | 0 | |
cabinet makers | 15 | |||
upholsterers | 12 | |||
16 | Paper & Cardboard Makers, Bookbinders | 2 | 0 | |
17 | Printers, Photographers | 1 | 0 | |
photographers | 1 | |||
18 | Builders, Bricklayers, Stone & Slate Workers | 2 | 0 | |
19 | Painters & Decorators (not Pottery) | 1 | 0 | |
20 | Workers in Other Materials | 2 | 0 | |
21 | Workers in Mixed or Undefined Materials | 1 | 0 | |
22 | Employed in Transport & Communications | 2 | 0 | |
water transport workers | 1 | |||
23 | Commerce, Finance, Insurance (not Clerks) | 100 | 22 | |
proprietors & managers of wholesale & retail businesses | 52 | 11 | ||
commercial travellers | 26 | 2 | ||
salesmen & shop assistants | 2 | 8 | ||
costermongers & hawkers | 7 | 1 | ||
25 | Professional Occupations | 6 | 3 | |
teachers | 1 | 1 | ||
26 | Employed in Entertainment & Sport | 5 | 0 | |
27 | Personal Service, Hotels, Clubs, Institutions | 13 | 6 | |
Indoor domestic servants | 2 | 5 | ||
restaurant keepers | 1 | |||
barmen & waiters | 1 | |||
barbers, hairdressers, manicurists, chiropodists | 9 | |||
28 | Clerks, Draftsmen, Typists | 0 | 2 | |
29 | Warehousemen, Storekeepers, Packers | 3 | 0 | |
30 | Stationary Engine Drivers & Attendants | 1 | 0 | |
31 | Other & Undefined Workers | 10 | 0 | |
labourers & other unskilled workers | 8 | |||
32 | Unoccupied & Retired | 39 | 231 | |
1931 Census of Scotland:
Contents
Section 1 - Regional Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Section 2 - Age and Marital Status of Poles in Scotland
Section 3 - Occupational Distribution of Poles in Scotland