Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	212	31
Textiles & clothing	10,483	9,320
Wood & paper	315	26
Chemicals	34	2
Low tech	1,031	29
High tech.	623	5
Other	521	186

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	181	48
Textiles & clothing	10,304	11,690
Wood & paper	185	19
Chemicals	133	7
Low tech	1,431	11
High tech.	799	42
Other	202	23

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	310	168
Textiles & clothing	15,345	23,280
Wood & paper	378	117
Chemicals	209	27
Low tech	3,085	64
High tech.	1,984	51
Other	1,639	309

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	908	1,016
Textiles & clothing	14,180	21,593
Wood & paper	733	345
Chemicals	1,930	292
Low tech	3,961	142
High tech.	4,982	152
Other	1,855	252

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,391	1,340
Textiles & clothing	14,230	18,866
Wood & paper	680	694
Chemicals	1,057	527
Low tech	2,861	183
High tech.	7,736	631
Other	1,736	713

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,484	2,411
Textiles & clothing	11,799	17,126
Wood & paper	872	863
Chemicals	2,024	1,308
Low tech	3,423	874
High tech.	9,961	1,913
Other	2,630	977

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,420	596
Textiles & clothing	3,802	2,478
Wood & paper	1,510	281
Chemicals	4,941	884
Low tech	3,136	424
High tech.	9,148	1,402
Other	547	141

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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