Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	208	14
Textiles & clothing	1,483	730
Wood & paper	266	16
Chemicals	20	2
Low tech	3,233	749
High tech.	534	4
Other	158	20

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	203	24
Textiles & clothing	2,136	2,535
Wood & paper	293	16
Chemicals	52	4
Low tech	2,473	996
High tech.	288	0
Other	114	110

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	230	30
Textiles & clothing	2,042	3,369
Wood & paper	202	48
Chemicals	65	6
Low tech	3,973	2,150
High tech.	352	6
Other	535	57

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	295	83
Textiles & clothing	675	1,260
Wood & paper	139	44
Chemicals	99	20
Low tech	3,686	790
High tech.	880	21
Other	443	13

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	257	70
Textiles & clothing	3,829	5,639
Wood & paper	333	105
Chemicals	104	16
Low tech	2,379	727
High tech.	361	14
Other	349	98

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	569	111
Textiles & clothing	3,441	5,022
Wood & paper	733	234
Chemicals	382	59
Low tech	2,668	703
High tech.	843	93
Other	153	34

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	516	144
Textiles & clothing	731	598
Wood & paper	404	75
Chemicals	1,125	292
Low tech	2,810	929
High tech.	3,416	537
Other	103	28

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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