Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	301	14
Textiles & clothing	984	805
Wood & paper	264	15
Chemicals	121	11
Low tech	624	10
High tech.	739	9
Other	723	39

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,251	121
Textiles & clothing	2,943	5,730
Wood & paper	892	98
Chemicals	599	32
Low tech	2,182	39
High tech.	2,051	14
Other	2,248	240

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,639	283
Textiles & clothing	3,311	6,749
Wood & paper	1,244	506
Chemicals	848	98
Low tech	3,257	125
High tech.	2,894	31
Other	5,728	1,509

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,623	1,595
Textiles & clothing	3,282	10,486
Wood & paper	1,143	956
Chemicals	1,234	348
Low tech	4,373	537
High tech.	5,744	92
Other	7,189	1,694

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,207	2,781
Textiles & clothing	3,457	7,495
Wood & paper	1,319	987
Chemicals	1,729	1,008
Low tech	3,338	592
High tech.	6,522	1,532
Other	9,343	3,322

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,842	2,300
Textiles & clothing	912	2,167
Wood & paper	1,004	489
Chemicals	1,237	1,048
Low tech	2,622	598
High tech.	6,578	2,476
Other	5,327	2,162

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,530	1,070
Textiles & clothing	480	1,060
Wood & paper	760	300
Chemicals	3,230	2,010
Low tech	950	280
High tech.	4,340	1,610
Other	1,800	620

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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