Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	123	20
Textiles & clothing	2,882	623
Wood & paper	90	12
Chemicals	9	0
Low tech	501	140
High tech.	133	1
Other	84	102

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	246	20
Textiles & clothing	2,092	1,074
Wood & paper	132	12
Chemicals	74	2
Low tech	865	51
High tech.	165	1
Other	149	69

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	203	31
Textiles & clothing	3,406	3,007
Wood & paper	123	31
Chemicals	73	2
Low tech	1,146	49
High tech.	307	6
Other	391	109

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	317	130
Textiles & clothing	996	1,811
Wood & paper	97	80
Chemicals	248	13
Low tech	2,368	897
High tech.	1,062	80
Other	569	440

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	532	53
Textiles & clothing	4,595	4,561
Wood & paper	97	31
Chemicals	55	5
Low tech	1,711	215
High tech.	428	24
Other	206	71

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	569	140
Textiles & clothing	5,515	4,251
Wood & paper	97	34
Chemicals	48	13
Low tech	2,358	782
High tech.	855	167
Other	259	82

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	517	253
Textiles & clothing	1,882	672
Wood & paper	186	36
Chemicals	193	54
Low tech	3,051	617
High tech.	2,018	296
Other	363	152

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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