Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Industry

1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 2 : " Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more".

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Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	23,452	6,776
Married women (included in Total)	0	2,095
Employers	375	89
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	118	14
Managers - of branch or primary departments	458	127
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	48	3
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	1,778	820
Operatives - others	19,940	5,342
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	1,158	108
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	39	618
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	3	35
Working on own account.	735	381
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	194	13
1. Agriculture and horticulture	190	13
2. Forestry	0	0
3. Fishing	4	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	38	1
10. Coal mining	2	0
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	0	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	21	1
13. Slate quarrying and mining	1	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	14	0
19. Other mining and quarrying	0	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	69	2
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	45	1
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	0	0
22. Glass (other than containers)	0	0
23. Glass containers	0	1
24. Cement	0	0
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	24	0
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	35	3
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	24	3
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	2	0
34. Paint and varnish	3	0
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	6	0
36. Mineral oil refining	0	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	0	0
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	2,528	196
40. Blast furnaces	544	23
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	1,801	168
42. Iron foundries	182	5
43. Sheets and tinplate	0	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	0	0
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	1	0
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	10,387	625
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	2,527	99
51. Marine engineering	7,593	515
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	0	0
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	2	0
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	3	0
55. Stationary engines	2	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	1	0
58. Constructional engineering	72	0
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	168	8
70. Electrical machinery	2	1
71. Electrical wires and cables	1	0
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	1	0
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	8	0
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	2	0
75. Batteries and accumulators	0	0
79. Other electrical goods	5	2
VII. VEHICLES	337	21
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	42	1
81. Motor repairers and garage	184	19
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	3	0
84. Railway locomotive shops	7	0
85. Other locomotive manufacture	0	0
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	92	1
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	9	0
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	150	6
90. Tools and cutlery	0	1
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	0	0
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	4	0
95. Wire and wire manufactures	12	3
94. Hollow-ware	0	0
95. Brass manufactures	4	0
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	130	2
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	22	1
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	7	1
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	14	0
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	0	0
103. Musical instruments	1	0
X. TEXTILES	134	190
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	0	1
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	2	4
112. Woollen and worsted	101	160
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	0	1
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	0	0
115. Linen and soft hemp	0	0
116. Jute	0	0
117. Rope, twine and net	0	0
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	0	1
119. Lace	0	0
120. Carpets	0	0
121. Narrow fabrics	8	22
122. Made-up textiles	0	1
123. Textile finishing, etc.	4	0
129. Other textile industries	19	0
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	10	3
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	0	0
131. Leather goods	10	3
132. Fur	0	0
XII. CLOTHING	114	242
140. Tailoring	30	119
141. Dressmaking	0	52
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	2	51
143. Hats, caps and millinery	0	3
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	30	9
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	4	1
149. Repair of boots and shoes	48	7
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	359	337
150. Grain milling	96	27
151. Bread and flour confectionery	90	183
152. Biscuits	1	0
153. Meat and meat products	15	4
154. Milk products	54	32
155. Sugar and glucose	0	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	5	6
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	6	4
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	2	0
163. Brewing and malting	58	26
164. Wholesale bottling	14	33
168. Other drink industries	18	22
169. Tobacco	0	0
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	167	26
170. Timber	16	0
171. Furniture and upholstery	103	21
172. Shop and office fitting	9	1
173. Wooden containers and baskets	4	2
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	35	2
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	447	220
180. Paper and board	307	175
181. Wallpaper	0	1
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	0	0
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	1	0
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	83	17
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	56	27
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	70	2
190. Rubber	4	1
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	0	0
192. Brushes and brooms	2	1
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	0	0
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	2	0
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	62	0
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	1,766	41
200. Building	1,574	35
201. Electric wiring and contracting	47	5
202. Civil engineering contracting	145	1
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	581	57
210. Gas	193	13
211. Electricity	363	43
212. Water	25	1
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	2,114	270
220. Railways	1,010	64
221. Tramway and omnibus service	250	94
222. Other road passenger transport	23	3
223. Goods transport by road	95	4
224. Sea transport	242	10
225. Port, river and canal transport	227	1
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	68	7
227. Air transport	1	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	175	81
238. Other transport and communication	14	5
239. Storage	9	1
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	1,565	1,704
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	130	24
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	81	6
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	118	47
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	553	588
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	79	35
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	521	864
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	83	140
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	238	89
250. Insurance, banking and finance	238	89
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	977	264
260. National government service	239	104
265. Local government service	738	160
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	536	939
270. Accountancy	39	20
271. Education	210	408
272. Law	31	31
273. Medical and dental services	178	465
274. Religion	42	6
279. Other professional and business services	36	9
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	596	1,514
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	101	131
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	48	17
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	189	621
286. Laundries	97	356
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	13	52
288. Hairdressing and manicure	44	72
290. Private domestic service (resident)	0	104
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	8	139
299. Other services	96	22
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	18	10

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