Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	109	5
Textiles & clothing	331	184
Wood & paper	80	5
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	133	2
High tech.	107	1
Other	124	7

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	102	12
Textiles & clothing	176	274
Wood & paper	50	3
Chemicals	15	1
Low tech	86	2
High tech.	38	0
Other	45	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	128	11
Textiles & clothing	136	192
Wood & paper	34	7
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	166	1
High tech.	102	0
Other	128	8

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	174	67
Textiles & clothing	195	411
Wood & paper	53	5
Chemicals	44	8
Low tech	178	6
High tech.	299	9
Other	290	50

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	210	69
Textiles & clothing	147	167
Wood & paper	57	14
Chemicals	94	19
Low tech	142	8
High tech.	1,409	190
Other	726	142

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	435	221
Textiles & clothing	69	279
Wood & paper	596	56
Chemicals	146	66
Low tech	494	119
High tech.	4,212	853
Other	543	226

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	163	52
Textiles & clothing	108	93
Wood & paper	255	41
Chemicals	674	248
Low tech	826	157
High tech.	3,090	672
Other	223	95

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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