Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	461	20
Textiles & clothing	1,193	2,424
Wood & paper	508	546
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	477	10
High tech.	397	3
Other	307	8

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	477	23
Textiles & clothing	1,011	5,961
Wood & paper	243	12
Chemicals	29	2
Low tech	460	9
High tech.	258	2
Other	208	19

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	393	28
Textiles & clothing	499	3,237
Wood & paper	112	26
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	313	10
High tech.	191	1
Other	317	83

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	423	110
Textiles & clothing	622	907
Wood & paper	399	143
Chemicals	62	14
Low tech	531	9
High tech.	1,275	3
Other	1,271	350

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	735	300
Textiles & clothing	240	273
Wood & paper	458	132
Chemicals	20	12
Low tech	743	30
High tech.	528	22
Other	682	306

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	571	210
Textiles & clothing	92	225
Wood & paper	87	83
Chemicals	143	66
Low tech	2,358	170
High tech.	1,084	338
Other	1,318	496

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	789	227
Textiles & clothing	103	114
Wood & paper	741	148
Chemicals	721	269
Low tech	1,832	225
High tech.	4,328	739
Other	642	179

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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