Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	280	11
Textiles & clothing	815	339
Wood & paper	117	12
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	355	4
High tech.	262	3
Other	68	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	397	25
Textiles & clothing	930	1,765
Wood & paper	95	2
Chemicals	19	2
Low tech	378	6
High tech.	178	2
Other	128	159

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	341	33
Textiles & clothing	915	835
Wood & paper	45	7
Chemicals	16	1
Low tech	360	1
High tech.	168	0
Other	252	634

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	458	67
Textiles & clothing	655	1,031
Wood & paper	78	1
Chemicals	74	3
Low tech	437	4
High tech.	364	2
Other	316	214

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	542	48
Textiles & clothing	568	899
Wood & paper	114	1
Chemicals	61	12
Low tech	211	5
High tech.	388	11
Other	473	53

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	648	112
Textiles & clothing	518	834
Wood & paper	155	4
Chemicals	1,361	248
Low tech	162	7
High tech.	526	55
Other	231	45

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	697	178
Textiles & clothing	273	222
Wood & paper	282	33
Chemicals	700	155
Low tech	498	48
High tech.	2,113	335
Other	262	80

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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