Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	54	1
Textiles & clothing	420	96
Wood & paper	78	0
Chemicals	0	0
Low tech	88	0
High tech.	63	0
Other	10	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	71	3
Textiles & clothing	347	282
Wood & paper	68	0
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	107	1
High tech.	76	0
Other	11	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	85	8
Textiles & clothing	273	189
Wood & paper	49	0
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	112	1
High tech.	58	0
Other	25	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	170	830
Textiles & clothing	386	788
Wood & paper	121	1
Chemicals	20	3
Low tech	186	0
High tech.	97	0
Other	68	4

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	226	787
Textiles & clothing	228	103
Wood & paper	187	2
Chemicals	14	0
Low tech	232	5
High tech.	145	6
Other	37	6

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	192	42
Textiles & clothing	529	152
Wood & paper	282	8
Chemicals	29	3
Low tech	188	19
High tech.	80	1
Other	28	6

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	189	30
Textiles & clothing	485	76
Wood & paper	186	17
Chemicals	27	1
Low tech	270	25
High tech.	141	8
Other	25	6

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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