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Commmon female occupations for Orkneys in 1921
Flax Spinner
9
Domestic Servant
5
F S
4
Housekeeper
4
Laundress
4
Commmon male occupations for Orkneys in 1921
Coal Miner
36
Seaman
16
Coal Miner Hewer
10
Cooper
8
Miner
8