1951 Census of Scotland, Occupations and Industries (with some particulars of (a) the extent to which perple live in one area but work in another, and (b) occupations in relation to school leaving age). (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 13 : " Industry of Occupied Population by place of work for Cities, Counties and Large Burghs".

List Scotland Dep	Glasgow ScoCofC

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	334,110	179,994
Employers	8,264	1,269
Employees	316,893	176,053
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	3,447	302
Managers - of branch or primary departments	5,991	1,004
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	2,585	657
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	31,888	21,485
Operatives - others	272,982	152,605
Working on own account.	8,953	2,672
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	21,770	2,380
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	502	10,461
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	82	263
Married women (included in Total)	0	44,883
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	643	147
1. Agriculture and horticulture	589	136
2. Forestry	41	9
3. Fishing	13	2
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	740	223
10. Coal mining	484	174
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	1	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	217	41
13. Slate quarrying and mining	2	2
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	23	3
19. Other mining and quarrying	13	3
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	2,828	723
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	474	74
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	170	186
22. Glass (other than containers)	672	320
23. Glass containers	393	50
24. Cement	30	15
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	1,089	78
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	5,358	2,333
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	57	2
31. Chemicals and Dyes	2,525	1,008
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	112	271
33. Explosives and Fireworks	153	102
34. Paint and varnish	1,178	469
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	385	233
36. Mineral oil refining	339	96
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	609	152
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	11,798	1,115
40. Blast furnaces	602	5
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	5,457	317
42. Iron foundries	3,453	241
43. Sheets and tinplate	688	44
44. Iron and steel tubes	537	284
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	1,061	224
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	54,593	6,610
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	20,166	1,056
51. Marine engineering	7,457	537
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	161	25
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	1,406	183
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	613	90
55. Stationary engines	30	6
56. Textile machinery and accessories	501	102
57. Ordnance and Small Arms	224	12
58. Constructional engineering	4,066	325
69. Other non-electrical engineering	18,091	3,403
70. Electrical machinery	482	99
71. Electrical wires and cables	260	207
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	51	5
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	187	59
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	158	127
75. Batteries and accumulators	78	31
79. Other electrical goods	662	343
VII. VEHICLES	21,127	1,378
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	3,506	464
81. Motor repairers and garage	4,462	474
82. Manufacture and Repair of Aircraft	507	92
83. Manufacture of Parts and Accessories for Motor Vehicles and Aircraft	98	22
84. Railway locomotive shops	2,035	15
85. Other locomotive manufacture	4,916	189
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	5,518	89
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	85	33
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	5,821	1,749
90. Tools and cutlery	358	60
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	637	442
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	347	48
95. Wire and wire manufactures	631	542
94. Hollow-ware	237	150
95. Brass manufactures	1,069	93
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	2,542	414
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	2,869	947
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	2,226	822
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	321	80
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	158	21
103. Musical instruments	164	24
X. TEXTILES	4,646	9,682
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	726	1,733
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	428	997
112. Woollen and worsted	241	545
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	4	0
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	77	95
115. Linen and soft hemp	65	39
116. Jute	53	66
117. Rope, twine and net	198	333
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	285	2,068
119. Lace	50	43
120. Carpets	1,439	2,703
121. Narrow fabrics	2	6
122. Made-up textiles	242	358
123. Textile finishing, etc.	508	312
129. Other textile industries	328	384
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	1,594	1,223
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	943	324
131. Leather goods	295	398
132. Fur	356	501
XII. CLOTHING	5,671	18,581
140. Tailoring	3,436	12,822
141. Dressmaking	88	1,257
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	245	2,720
143. Hats, caps and millinery	109	590
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	132	450
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	779	610
149. Repair of boots and shoes	882	132
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	16,191	13,739
150. Grain milling	939	119
151. Bread and flour confectionery	6,661	3,354
152. Biscuits	687	1,858
153. Meat and meat products	989	599
154. Milk products	1,176	727
155. Sugar and glucose	43	72
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	554	1,768
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	294	465
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	775	888
163. Brewing and malting	1,170	474
164. Wholesale bottling	1,505	1,535
168. Other drink industries	804	534
169. Tobacco	594	1,346
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	8,823	2,629
170. Timber	1,458	171
171. Furniture and upholstery	4,535	1,636
172. Shop and office fitting	577	102
173. Wooden containers and baskets	1,142	404
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	1,111	316
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	9,056	7,276
180. Paper and board	474	243
181. Wallpaper	33	31
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	505	1,213
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	284	528
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	3,431	424
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	4,329	4,837
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	2,315	1,254
190. Rubber	1,220	674
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	22	13
192. Brushes and brooms	218	65
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	270	123
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	144	185
195. Production and printing of cinema films	14	12
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	427	182
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	29,582	1,900
200. Building	25,196	1,433
201. Electric wiring and contracting	2,598	312
202. Civil engineering contracting	1,788	155
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	6,301	598
210. Gas	2,917	122
211. Electricity	2,743	451
212. Water	641	25
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	46,416	9,224
220. Railways	16,044	1,641
221. Tramway and omnibus service	6,824	3,116
222. Other road passenger transport	1,014	61
223. Goods transport by road	4,936	528
224. Sea transport	4,330	418
225. Port, river and canal transport	4,364	105
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	994	42
227. Air transport	65	21
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	6,572	2,703
238. Other transport and communication	710	470
239. Storage	563	119
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	42,219	41,799
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	3,267	881
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	3,040	1,488
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	4,207	2,034
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	9,900	10,689
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	9,459	6,865
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	11,050	17,424
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	1,296	2,418
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	6,800	4,076
250. Insurance, banking and finance	6,800	4,076
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	18,312	4,476
260. National government service	6,779	2,669
265. Local government service	11,533	1,807
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	16,931	25,785
270. Accountancy	2,203	1,357
271. Education	4,841	8,395
272. Law	1,193	1,745
273. Medical and dental services	5,304	12,733
274. Religion	945	394
279. Other professional and business services	2,445	1,161
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	13,199	22,379
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	1,869	1,789
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	1,443	1,305
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	6,003	11,080
286. Laundries	500	1,510
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	250	668
288. Hairdressing and manicure	1,041	945
290. Private domestic service (resident)	51	2,949
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	162	991
299. Other services	1,880	1,142
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	277	148

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