Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	72	5
Textiles & clothing	1,400	920
Wood & paper	86	5
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	494	21
High tech.	142	1
Other	47	17

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	199	14
Textiles & clothing	2,324	2,523
Wood & paper	153	27
Chemicals	54	4
Low tech	1,604	22
High tech.	316	2
Other	57	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	133	17
Textiles & clothing	1,452	2,683
Wood & paper	101	31
Chemicals	70	4
Low tech	2,292	41
High tech.	556	2
Other	578	97

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	331	158
Textiles & clothing	2,840	3,726
Wood & paper	271	136
Chemicals	172	14
Low tech	2,746	248
High tech.	1,299	9
Other	799	39

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	366	108
Textiles & clothing	2,274	5,067
Wood & paper	277	62
Chemicals	186	241
Low tech	3,041	254
High tech.	1,570	83
Other	301	80

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	372	174
Textiles & clothing	2,911	5,433
Wood & paper	237	31
Chemicals	380	147
Low tech	3,118	680
High tech.	1,983	180
Other	252	66

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	434	184
Textiles & clothing	2,081	1,615
Wood & paper	621	79
Chemicals	1,063	152
Low tech	4,181	429
High tech.	2,048	323
Other	330	114

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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