Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	23	1
Textiles & clothing	53	27
Wood & paper	9	5
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	25	1
High tech.	20	0
Other	6	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	23	1
Textiles & clothing	26	35
Wood & paper	8	0
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	51	0
High tech.	14	0
Other	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	72	4
Textiles & clothing	63	147
Wood & paper	16	2
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	290	2
High tech.	48	0
Other	231	10

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	458	198
Textiles & clothing	535	1,139
Wood & paper	134	7
Chemicals	196	31
Low tech	558	10
High tech.	739	11
Other	727	65

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	939	339
Textiles & clothing	995	1,118
Wood & paper	280	32
Chemicals	329	64
Low tech	751	41
High tech.	1,358	582
Other	1,560	237

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	924	339
Textiles & clothing	476	1,673
Wood & paper	153	25
Chemicals	207	114
Low tech	597	108
High tech.	2,341	1,540
Other	1,527	709

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	465	109
Textiles & clothing	512	1,558
Wood & paper	308	255
Chemicals	886	530
Low tech	960	187
High tech.	2,637	2,080
Other	1,082	433

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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