Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	28	2
Textiles & clothing	198	92
Wood & paper	33	1
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	361	29
High tech.	73	1
Other	23	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	28	3
Textiles & clothing	103	98
Wood & paper	20	1
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	141	3
High tech.	45	0
Other	12	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	81	5
Textiles & clothing	178	238
Wood & paper	41	2
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	479	10
High tech.	164	1
Other	257	9

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	201	56
Textiles & clothing	563	859
Wood & paper	96	30
Chemicals	85	10
Low tech	3,884	709
High tech.	789	17
Other	358	9

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	217	97
Textiles & clothing	166	348
Wood & paper	83	30
Chemicals	51	10
Low tech	851	99
High tech.	214	48
Other	66	51

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	284	226
Textiles & clothing	249	497
Wood & paper	131	24
Chemicals	101	67
Low tech	1,139	457
High tech.	440	359
Other	108	89

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	406	281
Textiles & clothing	263	533
Wood & paper	298	61
Chemicals	458	294
Low tech	2,282	585
High tech.	2,758	1,754
Other	56	54

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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