Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	457	62
Textiles & clothing	4,659	1,545
Wood & paper	498	5
Chemicals	66	20
Low tech	1,494	41
High tech.	684	0
Other	167	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	611	112
Textiles & clothing	3,662	3,292
Wood & paper	652	7
Chemicals	131	5
Low tech	2,481	142
High tech.	706	3
Other	154	11

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	335	73
Textiles & clothing	2,222	2,311
Wood & paper	282	21
Chemicals	98	2
Low tech	1,062	73
High tech.	470	3
Other	425	43

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	472	162
Textiles & clothing	1,300	1,967
Wood & paper	197	5
Chemicals	85	4
Low tech	1,020	30
High tech.	625	2
Other	539	14

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	419	59
Textiles & clothing	646	540
Wood & paper	361	2
Chemicals	51	4
Low tech	725	43
High tech.	431	8
Other	283	35

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	473	119
Textiles & clothing	222	279
Wood & paper	318	14
Chemicals	80	12
Low tech	446	57
High tech.	1,159	301
Other	563	602

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	173	37
Textiles & clothing	420	543
Wood & paper	355	18
Chemicals	271	26
Low tech	855	119
High tech.	2,165	773
Other	243	60

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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