Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	53	1
Textiles & clothing	1,148	477
Wood & paper	37	7
Chemicals	17	0
Low tech	167	1
High tech.	53	1
Other	44	12

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	61	5
Textiles & clothing	687	729
Wood & paper	34	16
Chemicals	32	2
Low tech	431	3
High tech.	114	0
Other	18	16

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	67	7
Textiles & clothing	526	609
Wood & paper	47	26
Chemicals	45	3
Low tech	454	7
High tech.	192	1
Other	109	16

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	285	176
Textiles & clothing	1,068	1,660
Wood & paper	245	101
Chemicals	161	41
Low tech	1,493	60
High tech.	2,047	85
Other	456	159

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	232	141
Textiles & clothing	654	717
Wood & paper	302	53
Chemicals	130	47
Low tech	1,250	93
High tech.	1,631	188
Other	152	65

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	241	132
Textiles & clothing	575	846
Wood & paper	350	64
Chemicals	331	93
Low tech	2,020	292
High tech.	1,091	258
Other	233	176

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	307	289
Textiles & clothing	367	901
Wood & paper	455	214
Chemicals	733	195
Low tech	1,888	251
High tech.	3,691	1,285
Other	164	65

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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