Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	897	57
Textiles & clothing	7,184	3,177
Wood & paper	725	32
Chemicals	56	0
Low tech	4,989	1,551
High tech.	974	12
Other	632	168

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,295	79
Textiles & clothing	5,537	8,127
Wood & paper	817	49
Chemicals	253	12
Low tech	5,498	1,971
High tech.	1,257	7
Other	979	347

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,152	146
Textiles & clothing	5,877	9,020
Wood & paper	655	266
Chemicals	241	20
Low tech	6,479	3,033
High tech.	1,528	28
Other	2,476	1,043

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,112	1,275
Textiles & clothing	4,919	9,273
Wood & paper	658	459
Chemicals	1,115	113
Low tech	12,604	3,996
High tech.	6,250	511
Other	3,121	1,779

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,462	724
Textiles & clothing	6,635	7,856
Wood & paper	586	147
Chemicals	199	35
Low tech	6,578	3,140
High tech.	7,737	1,207
Other	1,882	1,374

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,316	1,296
Textiles & clothing	6,534	5,828
Wood & paper	573	281
Chemicals	300	150
Low tech	10,787	5,316
High tech.	13,560	2,579
Other	2,384	1,915

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,819	1,396
Textiles & clothing	8,240	3,474
Wood & paper	976	193
Chemicals	892	370
Low tech	16,084	3,966
High tech.	13,254	2,411
Other	1,820	873

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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