Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	579	11
Textiles & clothing	5,194	2,648
Wood & paper	229	31
Chemicals	64	9
Low tech	1,240	6
High tech.	313	2
Other	332	192

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	591	41
Textiles & clothing	4,580	4,976
Wood & paper	321	97
Chemicals	234	6
Low tech	2,527	25
High tech.	668	0
Other	253	100

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	574	44
Textiles & clothing	3,569	4,034
Wood & paper	343	144
Chemicals	256	9
Low tech	2,340	30
High tech.	782	7
Other	632	76

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	333	82
Textiles & clothing	926	1,606
Wood & paper	324	81
Chemicals	223	79
Low tech	1,322	85
High tech.	619	5
Other	467	108

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	385	201
Textiles & clothing	566	833
Wood & paper	669	99
Chemicals	397	174
Low tech	1,610	207
High tech.	821	63
Other	317	93

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	500	240
Textiles & clothing	286	549
Wood & paper	679	109
Chemicals	835	320
Low tech	1,713	449
High tech.	1,069	79
Other	283	106

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	716	609
Textiles & clothing	159	547
Wood & paper	604	126
Chemicals	1,557	178
Low tech	1,784	472
High tech.	530	96
Other	183	41

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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