Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	450	18
Textiles & clothing	6,111	4,616
Wood & paper	207	8
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	687	9
High tech.	690	1
Other	316	8

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	633	149
Textiles & clothing	7,951	9,056
Wood & paper	349	11
Chemicals	219	15
Low tech	1,355	38
High tech.	1,203	0
Other	3,472	7,563

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,023	325
Textiles & clothing	11,549	26,073
Wood & paper	499	46
Chemicals	84	1
Low tech	2,031	6
High tech.	2,996	26
Other	2,961	326

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,332	858
Textiles & clothing	14,158	26,820
Wood & paper	908	136
Chemicals	345	37
Low tech	1,972	54
High tech.	4,579	27
Other	1,945	346

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,004	1,704
Textiles & clothing	14,264	25,496
Wood & paper	1,226	96
Chemicals	171	40
Low tech	1,005	83
High tech.	5,868	221
Other	2,243	833

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,930	1,818
Textiles & clothing	9,362	12,001
Wood & paper	646	81
Chemicals	786	151
Low tech	804	229
High tech.	7,820	1,729
Other	3,073	2,003

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,681	1,243
Textiles & clothing	5,806	4,331
Wood & paper	651	39
Chemicals	370	165
Low tech	1,234	388
High tech.	10,770	5,888
Other	1,969	718

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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