Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	96	4
Textiles & clothing	206	97
Wood & paper	43	7
Chemicals	12	4
Low tech	168	2
High tech.	76	3
Other	25	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	172	15
Textiles & clothing	333	502
Wood & paper	68	3
Chemicals	46	1
Low tech	545	6
High tech.	202	1
Other	155	32

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	210	22
Textiles & clothing	445	730
Wood & paper	125	20
Chemicals	70	23
Low tech	930	12
High tech.	290	4
Other	528	107

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	927	579
Textiles & clothing	1,554	2,825
Wood & paper	699	306
Chemicals	680	824
Low tech	3,593	226
High tech.	3,258	1,214
Other	2,992	451

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,496	947
Textiles & clothing	2,111	3,576
Wood & paper	866	368
Chemicals	1,109	479
Low tech	3,869	569
High tech.	5,239	3,060
Other	5,274	1,178

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,062	362
Textiles & clothing	2,494	5,194
Wood & paper	1,247	425
Chemicals	1,401	904
Low tech	6,314	2,108
High tech.	14,093	7,360
Other	7,509	2,478

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,470	620
Textiles & clothing	810	1,500
Wood & paper	700	340
Chemicals	2,220	800
Low tech	7,890	2,240
High tech.	15,710	10,150
Other	3,290	750

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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