Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	16	1
Textiles & clothing	122	24
Wood & paper	13	0
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	122	1
High tech.	49	0
Other	8	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	107	24
Textiles & clothing	452	433
Wood & paper	97	0
Chemicals	26	0
Low tech	518	3
High tech.	916	1
Other	87	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	81	33
Textiles & clothing	384	680
Wood & paper	199	5
Chemicals	40	4
Low tech	1,440	32
High tech.	2,415	5
Other	556	26

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	230	252
Textiles & clothing	358	874
Wood & paper	1,089	91
Chemicals	267	59
Low tech	3,143	12
High tech.	5,946	11
Other	712	42

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	414	387
Textiles & clothing	198	234
Wood & paper	613	75
Chemicals	535	43
Low tech	1,928	61
High tech.	2,800	74
Other	304	67

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	483	350
Textiles & clothing	229	1,544
Wood & paper	644	188
Chemicals	647	166
Low tech	3,642	303
High tech.	6,189	1,076
Other	329	261

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	719	716
Textiles & clothing	281	1,289
Wood & paper	812	341
Chemicals	770	66
Low tech	7,500	578
High tech.	3,569	2,893
Other	200	12

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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