Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	840	55
Textiles & clothing	3,953	2,447
Wood & paper	548	48
Chemicals	26	2
Low tech	1,200	21
High tech.	596	5
Other	337	206

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,136	77
Textiles & clothing	3,391	7,603
Wood & paper	663	12
Chemicals	108	6
Low tech	1,806	24
High tech.	623	68
Other	405	105

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	986	66
Textiles & clothing	2,345	6,475
Wood & paper	460	41
Chemicals	92	2
Low tech	1,556	9
High tech.	745	37
Other	1,094	190

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,704	349
Textiles & clothing	1,651	3,628
Wood & paper	476	13
Chemicals	115	18
Low tech	1,945	30
High tech.	1,869	1
Other	1,291	82

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,241	350
Textiles & clothing	1,264	1,530
Wood & paper	638	22
Chemicals	488	25
Low tech	924	15
High tech.	2,043	63
Other	753	105

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,313	496
Textiles & clothing	782	954
Wood & paper	702	49
Chemicals	731	110
Low tech	1,463	98
High tech.	4,184	538
Other	861	312

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,097	299
Textiles & clothing	889	400
Wood & paper	1,005	99
Chemicals	540	119
Low tech	1,353	140
High tech.	6,460	893
Other	391	128

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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