Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	202	24
Textiles & clothing	706	314
Wood & paper	80	1
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	606	2
High tech.	504	0
Other	132	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	129	23
Textiles & clothing	434	555
Wood & paper	76	1
Chemicals	120	3
Low tech	1,091	8
High tech.	941	0
Other	75	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	144	29
Textiles & clothing	537	1,047
Wood & paper	175	7
Chemicals	219	23
Low tech	1,358	38
High tech.	3,535	7
Other	1,030	43

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	436	421
Textiles & clothing	648	1,374
Wood & paper	273	2
Chemicals	315	16
Low tech	1,807	64
High tech.	5,600	21
Other	1,004	68

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	822	709
Textiles & clothing	584	777
Wood & paper	217	27
Chemicals	396	63
Low tech	793	188
High tech.	7,414	383
Other	633	217

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	970	1,171
Textiles & clothing	464	1,311
Wood & paper	745	330
Chemicals	226	46
Low tech	1,695	503
High tech.	14,321	764
Other	2,026	493

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	953	852
Textiles & clothing	528	1,255
Wood & paper	658	138
Chemicals	2,805	788
Low tech	2,292	826
High tech.	6,843	1,342
Other	554	252

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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