Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	96	4
Textiles & clothing	205	100
Wood & paper	85	359
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	95	1
High tech.	92	1
Other	14	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	71	10
Textiles & clothing	114	377
Wood & paper	31	0
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	76	2
High tech.	37	0
Other	13	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	75	6
Textiles & clothing	148	232
Wood & paper	22	11
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	97	1
High tech.	32	0
Other	40	11

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	94	21
Textiles & clothing	99	219
Wood & paper	46	20
Chemicals	30	13
Low tech	162	2
High tech.	147	33
Other	128	37

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	242	92
Textiles & clothing	145	221
Wood & paper	132	30
Chemicals	75	18
Low tech	373	12
High tech.	478	121
Other	213	43

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	359	319
Textiles & clothing	70	355
Wood & paper	292	155
Chemicals	2,237	1,119
Low tech	1,158	283
High tech.	8,038	1,596
Other	568	243

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	463	145
Textiles & clothing	157	224
Wood & paper	592	96
Chemicals	1,495	478
Low tech	1,608	252
High tech.	5,731	1,219
Other	655	227

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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