Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	325	14
Textiles & clothing	8,272	7,082
Wood & paper	224	7
Chemicals	42	9
Low tech	683	12
High tech.	317	1
Other	179	65

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	593	39
Textiles & clothing	7,724	8,723
Wood & paper	398	37
Chemicals	652	475
Low tech	1,458	25
High tech.	1,027	0
Other	383	1,882

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	635	98
Textiles & clothing	5,800	10,798
Wood & paper	672	114
Chemicals	359	123
Low tech	1,821	55
High tech.	2,515	4
Other	1,045	181

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	801	554
Textiles & clothing	5,254	10,596
Wood & paper	1,003	353
Chemicals	678	267
Low tech	4,060	100
High tech.	10,261	106
Other	1,434	439

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,506	1,278
Textiles & clothing	6,271	10,119
Wood & paper	1,295	256
Chemicals	1,145	238
Low tech	4,994	394
High tech.	8,808	430
Other	1,046	338

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,009	2,028
Textiles & clothing	6,133	9,256
Wood & paper	740	217
Chemicals	2,018	394
Low tech	3,741	565
High tech.	12,132	1,582
Other	1,218	630

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,235	2,253
Textiles & clothing	3,149	3,816
Wood & paper	725	266
Chemicals	2,414	578
Low tech	2,015	483
High tech.	12,771	1,658
Other	411	177

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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