Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	184	7
Textiles & clothing	429	124
Wood & paper	132	18
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	232	3
High tech.	228	1
Other	54	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	177	18
Textiles & clothing	321	403
Wood & paper	52	6
Chemicals	23	0
Low tech	165	0
High tech.	97	1
Other	54	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	216	15
Textiles & clothing	282	449
Wood & paper	45	8
Chemicals	36	1
Low tech	211	4
High tech.	149	1
Other	289	43

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	465	197
Textiles & clothing	412	1,082
Wood & paper	363	113
Chemicals	176	64
Low tech	964	15
High tech.	1,381	3
Other	799	84

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	448	96
Textiles & clothing	279	294
Wood & paper	179	35
Chemicals	22	2
Low tech	215	4
High tech.	626	27
Other	258	44

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	383	105
Textiles & clothing	71	160
Wood & paper	88	5
Chemicals	31	7
Low tech	116	14
High tech.	404	61
Other	274	143

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	332	151
Textiles & clothing	89	124
Wood & paper	1,303	223
Chemicals	846	299
Low tech	1,014	117
High tech.	1,680	299
Other	267	60

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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