Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	777	33
Textiles & clothing	5,124	1,700
Wood & paper	380	119
Chemicals	29	3
Low tech	1,046	7
High tech.	545	4
Other	236	42

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	871	38
Textiles & clothing	5,975	4,159
Wood & paper	545	383
Chemicals	120	18
Low tech	1,217	28
High tech.	479	0
Other	324	95

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,012	112
Textiles & clothing	8,098	7,615
Wood & paper	663	414
Chemicals	151	12
Low tech	1,218	23
High tech.	831	12
Other	903	92

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	798	145
Textiles & clothing	7,821	8,443
Wood & paper	404	79
Chemicals	151	6
Low tech	629	8
High tech.	667	17
Other	702	71

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	846	296
Textiles & clothing	7,349	7,051
Wood & paper	997	111
Chemicals	103	6
Low tech	468	27
High tech.	792	55
Other	388	89

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	794	112
Textiles & clothing	6,139	6,202
Wood & paper	1,165	122
Chemicals	105	15
Low tech	282	23
High tech.	742	52
Other	301	52

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	416	131
Textiles & clothing	5,220	5,270
Wood & paper	676	80
Chemicals	173	135
Low tech	534	170
High tech.	1,270	259
Other	208	72

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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