Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	216	3
Textiles & clothing	540	223
Wood & paper	195	152
Chemicals	23	0
Low tech	334	4
High tech.	110	1
Other	57	32

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	286	10
Textiles & clothing	632	774
Wood & paper	391	453
Chemicals	72	13
Low tech	567	4
High tech.	159	0
Other	202	79

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	597	39
Textiles & clothing	801	950
Wood & paper	621	626
Chemicals	108	21
Low tech	769	40
High tech.	250	0
Other	607	113

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	309	76
Textiles & clothing	402	833
Wood & paper	778	349
Chemicals	402	22
Low tech	387	12
High tech.	309	4
Other	310	36

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	496	280
Textiles & clothing	385	663
Wood & paper	1,275	424
Chemicals	734	131
Low tech	644	131
High tech.	443	31
Other	261	121

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	573	251
Textiles & clothing	307	533
Wood & paper	1,328	417
Chemicals	775	88
Low tech	838	235
High tech.	564	57
Other	230	129

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	691	454
Textiles & clothing	403	630
Wood & paper	718	266
Chemicals	682	200
Low tech	1,052	250
High tech.	1,328	437
Other	127	21

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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