Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	490	27
Textiles & clothing	1,466	447
Wood & paper	195	4
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	692	0
High tech.	443	3
Other	90	10

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	432	42
Textiles & clothing	1,050	1,316
Wood & paper	145	8
Chemicals	30	4
Low tech	625	3
High tech.	324	1
Other	84	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	297	21
Textiles & clothing	629	901
Wood & paper	96	17
Chemicals	33	0
Low tech	611	5
High tech.	364	3
Other	246	29

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	519	79
Textiles & clothing	402	710
Wood & paper	96	10
Chemicals	100	4
Low tech	511	4
High tech.	504	2
Other	346	89

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	742	46
Textiles & clothing	190	99
Wood & paper	131	12
Chemicals	52	2
Low tech	176	0
High tech.	542	27
Other	348	112

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	811	249
Textiles & clothing	63	97
Wood & paper	302	89
Chemicals	26	0
Low tech	147	10
High tech.	630	145
Other	400	179

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	799	226
Textiles & clothing	41	92
Wood & paper	240	26
Chemicals	300	91
Low tech	368	22
High tech.	1,602	226
Other	275	49

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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