Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	31	15
Textiles & clothing	2,473	1,959
Wood & paper	47	4
Chemicals	13	0
Low tech	223	7
High tech.	142	1
Other	102	83

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	156	49
Textiles & clothing	3,830	4,751
Wood & paper	100	3
Chemicals	39	2
Low tech	544	10
High tech.	308	29
Other	153	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	34	10
Textiles & clothing	2,177	2,849
Wood & paper	39	17
Chemicals	82	14
Low tech	114	1
High tech.	110	3
Other	91	23

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	117	135
Textiles & clothing	2,434	3,596
Wood & paper	129	38
Chemicals	166	31
Low tech	503	20
High tech.	588	22
Other	267	29

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	209	167
Textiles & clothing	1,856	3,144
Wood & paper	188	33
Chemicals	983	410
Low tech	337	8
High tech.	1,843	118
Other	118	59

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	316	154
Textiles & clothing	1,986	2,954
Wood & paper	195	29
Chemicals	1,697	668
Low tech	669	46
High tech.	7,005	614
Other	828	377

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	557	214
Textiles & clothing	2,024	1,106
Wood & paper	601	100
Chemicals	1,565	329
Low tech	1,328	171
High tech.	4,159	636
Other	258	60

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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