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 3 : " Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

List Norfolk AdmC	Erpingham RD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	5,809	1,465
Married women (included in Total)	0	399
Employers	333	42
Managers	104	63
Operatives	4,840	1,240
Working on own account	532	120
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	2,309	153
1. Agriculture and horticulture	2,229	150
II. Mining and quarrying	7	0
10. Coal mining	0	0
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	7	0
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	6	0
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	4	0
24. Cement	0	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	4	0
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	0	0
V. Metal manufacture	8	0
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	36	1
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	0	0
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	0	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	0	0
58. Constructional engineering	0	0
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	32	1
70. Electrical machinery	0	0
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	3	0
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	1	0
VII. Vehicles	98	9
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	2	0
81. Motor repairers and garages	94	9
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	0	0
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	14	0
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	5	0
X. Textiles	2	1
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	0	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	0	0
112. Woollen and worsted	0	0
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	0	0
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	0	1
123. Textile finishing, etc.	0	0
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	2	0
XII. Clothing	20	8
140. Tailoring	6	0
141. Dressmaking	0	8
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	14	0
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	100	16
150-162. Food	92	16
163-168. Drink	8	0
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	39	2
170. Timber	22	1
171. Furniture and upholstery	4	0
XV. Paper and printing	12	3
180. Paper and board	0	0
186,189. Printing and publishing	11	3
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	9	7
XVII. Building and contracting	531	8
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	46	1
210. Gas	28	1
211. Electricity	10	0
212. Water	8	0
XIX. Transport and communication	182	48
220. Railways	76	2
221,222. Road passenger transport	12	0
223. Goods transport by road	37	4
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	0	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	53	42
XX. Distributive trades	331	197
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	37	7
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	10	1
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	19	9
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	161	118
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	21	2
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	72	48
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	11	12
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	83	9
XXII. Public administration and defence	1,348	60
260. National government service	1,206	11
265. Local government service	142	49
XXIII. Professional services	287	392
271. Education	88	177
273. Medical and dental services	152	201
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	323	548
280,281. Entertainment and sport	11	4
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	130	177
286. Laundries	10	50
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	0	0
288. Hairdressing and manicure	7	11
290,291. Private domestic service	154	302
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	7	2

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