Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	194	81
Textiles & clothing	7,822	6,839
Wood & paper	205	42
Chemicals	36	4
Low tech	774	10
High tech.	642	7
Other	362	81

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	223	69
Textiles & clothing	5,221	6,639
Wood & paper	132	3
Chemicals	52	3
Low tech	780	14
High tech.	436	41
Other	224	19

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	677	173
Textiles & clothing	8,328	16,627
Wood & paper	390	33
Chemicals	140	4
Low tech	1,787	20
High tech.	1,415	22
Other	1,314	247

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	986	738
Textiles & clothing	11,594	21,671
Wood & paper	603	158
Chemicals	397	67
Low tech	2,182	126
High tech.	3,587	140
Other	1,516	135

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,240	1,096
Textiles & clothing	6,076	12,460
Wood & paper	504	153
Chemicals	969	252
Low tech	1,104	41
High tech.	3,550	438
Other	1,081	520

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,039	1,053
Textiles & clothing	5,815	9,147
Wood & paper	583	326
Chemicals	336	110
Low tech	1,075	117
High tech.	8,753	2,351
Other	1,366	770

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	836	527
Textiles & clothing	4,053	2,818
Wood & paper	658	237
Chemicals	854	243
Low tech	945	109
High tech.	9,985	2,673
Other	698	425

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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