BELGIAN SOCIETY IN HISTORIC CENSUSES
Industrial census 1896
Content of the internet tables
LOKSTAT only contains data series that were stored per municipality. The census results related to the division of the industries in Table A of the industrial census 1896 satisfy this criterion and are published on this website. The digital series of numbers are based on the original tables that take up well over 1500 printed pages and 29 million numbers.
The internet tables contain the following data for every municipality, administrative district and province:
| Content | Abbreviation column |
|---|---|
1. Company details |
|
| Total number of business units | Companies, total |
| Total number of business units that were in operation on 31 October 1896 | Companies, in operation |
| Quantity of horsepower, steam engines and internal-combustion engines (gas, petroleum) | HP [horsepower] |
2. Personnel details |
|
| Number of staff members who were not employed as labourers, women | Not labourers, women |
| Number of staff members who were not employed as labourers, men | Not labourers, men |
| Number of labourers, men | Labourers, men |
| Number of labourers, women | Labourers, women |
| Total number of male staff members | Staff, men |
| Total number of female staff members | Staff, women |
This data was provided separately for each of the distinct industries (855 sections according to type of activity, grouped into 276 subsectors and 18 sectors). Classification of the industrial activities corresponds with the division that is applied in the census with the exception of the "special industries" sector. Due to comparability with other censuses, the companies in this last category were added to the other sectors.
Some of the data could not be copied like it was printed in the source. The results per municipality are not known for the following branches of the transport sector:
- Scorching and burning zinc ores (section 72)
- Workshop where ores are broken (section 75)
- Swedish matches (section 264)
- Glued cardboard (section 705)
- Shipping companies (section 930)
The following sections of industrial activities are mentioned in the census but didn't result in any municipalities where this activity was found:
- Public transportation with carriages and omnibus services (section 922)
- Private railways and trams (section 926)
- Railways, exploitation and locomotive department (section 927)
- Railway infrastructure (section 928)
- Inland shipping, regular steam services (section935)
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