Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	69	3
Textiles & clothing	169	381
Wood & paper	79	89
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	73	2
High tech.	61	1
Other	46	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	118	10
Textiles & clothing	237	447
Wood & paper	100	27
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	140	2
High tech.	73	0
Other	83	12

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	81	5
Textiles & clothing	87	205
Wood & paper	89	26
Chemicals	8	0
Low tech	167	2
High tech.	55	1
Other	77	5

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	126	33
Textiles & clothing	175	297
Wood & paper	117	49
Chemicals	17	5
Low tech	167	2
High tech.	406	1
Other	322	97

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	209	117
Textiles & clothing	163	156
Wood & paper	140	26
Chemicals	77	38
Low tech	209	32
High tech.	529	94
Other	441	135

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	257	100
Textiles & clothing	226	226
Wood & paper	285	70
Chemicals	299	164
Low tech	635	112
High tech.	1,668	479
Other	1,577	406

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	632	197
Textiles & clothing	110	119
Wood & paper	442	105
Chemicals	624	290
Low tech	1,188	186
High tech.	2,986	607
Other	403	129

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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