1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 3 : " Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

Show England Dep table	Lancashire AdmC	Abram UD Accrington MB Adlington UD Ashton in Makerfield UD Ashton under Lyne MB Aspull UD Atherton UD Audenshaw UD Bacup MB Barrowford UD Barrow in Furness CB/MB Billinge and Winstanley UD Blackburn MB/CB Blackburn RD Blackpool CB/MB Blackrod UD Bolton MB/CB Bootle CB/MB Brierfield UD Burnley RD Burnley MB/CB Bury MB/CB Carnforth UD Chadderton UD Chorley RD Chorley MB Church UD Clayton le Moors UD Clitheroe RD Clitheroe MB Colne MB/UD Crompton UD Crosby MB Dalton in Furness UD Darwen MB Denton UD Droylsden UD Eccles MB Failsworth UD Farnworth UD/MB Fleetwood UD/MB Formby UD Fulwood UD Fylde RD Garstang RD Golborne UD Grange UD Great Harwood UD Haslingden MB Haydock UD Heywood MB Hindley UD Horwich UD Huyton With Roby UD Ince in Makerfield UD Irlam UD Kearsley UD Kirkham UD Lancaster MB Lancaster RD Lees UD Leigh UD/MB Leyland UD Limehurst RD Litherland UD Littleborough UD Little Lever UD Liverpool CB/MB Longridge UD Lunesdale RD Lytham St Annes MB Manchester CB/MB Middleton MB Milnrow UD Morecambe and Heysham MB/UD Mossley MB Nelson MB Newton le Willows UD Oldham CB/MB Ormskirk UD Orrell UD Oswaldtwistle UD Padiham UD Poulton le Fylde UD Preesall UD Prescot UD Preston MB/CB Preston RD Prestwich UD/MB Radcliffe MB/UD Rainford UD Ramsbottom UD Rawtenstall MB Rishton UD Rochdale CB/MB Royton UD Salford CB/MB Skelmersdale UD Southport CB/MB Standish With Langtree UD St Helens CB/MB Stretford UD/MB Swinton and Pendlebury UD/MB Thornton Cleveleys UD Tottington UD Trawden UD Turton UD Tyldesley UD Ulverston RD Ulverston UD Upholland UD Urmston UD Walton le Dale UD Wardle UD Warrington RD Warrington MB/CB Westhoughton UD West Lancashire RD Whiston RD Whitefield UD Whitworth UD Widnes MB Wigan RD Wigan MB/CB Withnell UD Worsley UD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	1,618,680	897,631
Married women (included in Total)	0	410,309
Employers	37,661	6,072
Managers	75,265	15,339
Operatives	1,414,888	840,310
Working on own account	90,866	35,910
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	36,047	4,445
1. Agriculture and horticulture	33,135	4,386
II. Mining and quarrying	55,846	1,773
10. Coal mining	53,813	1,681
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	2,033	92
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	31,191	7,670
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	5,706	538
24. Cement	308	30
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	52,961	17,856
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	34,691	7,786
V. Metal manufacture	32,469	4,513
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	184,228	46,575
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	21,733	1,039
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	4,381	684
56. Textile machinery and accessories	33,627	4,993
58. Constructional engineering	6,880	402
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	55,264	11,489
70. Electrical machinery	27,401	7,578
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	5,028	4,700
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	29,914	15,690
VII. Vehicles	71,614	7,797
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	18,478	2,149
81. Motor repairers and garages	20,670	1,742
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	15,868	3,049
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	30,028	11,783
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	5,172	2,409
X. Textiles	150,007	195,084
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	54,781	83,948
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	33,519	63,720
112. Woollen and worsted	5,964	3,830
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	17,547	18,045
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	1,866	5,459
123. Textile finishing, etc.	27,227	9,516
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	7,791	3,901
XII. Clothing	30,540	76,947
140. Tailoring	14,109	35,099
141. Dressmaking	1,039	14,084
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	10,491	7,708
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	54,548	41,953
150-162. Food	42,007	34,050
163-168. Drink	10,138	3,586
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	27,711	7,066
170. Timber	5,809	829
171. Furniture and upholstery	12,252	4,155
XV. Paper and printing	38,978	21,903
180. Paper and board	8,816	2,416
186,189. Printing and publishing	23,554	10,280
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	29,296	16,680
XVII. Building and contracting	122,179	3,357
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	32,902	3,009
210. Gas	13,121	1,086
211. Electricity	16,352	1,840
212. Water	3,429	83
XIX. Transport and communication	188,989	19,737
220. Railways	48,984	2,504
221,222. Road passenger transport	33,248	2,746
223. Goods transport by road	22,246	1,428
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	57,172	2,382
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	18,883	8,430
XX. Distributive trades	178,830	137,924
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	16,145	3,062
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	14,042	3,898
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	16,582	5,631
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	46,575	39,590
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	30,580	12,290
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	49,193	64,883
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	5,713	8,570
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	27,521	15,086
XXII. Public administration and defence	102,923	24,256
260. National government service	48,847	14,875
265. Local government service	54,076	9,381
XXIII. Professional services	60,061	85,062
271. Education	18,565	31,163
273. Medical and dental services	19,774	42,307
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	65,558	140,292
280,281. Entertainment and sport	13,300	21,857
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	24,249	71,244
286. Laundries	3,083	9,673
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	1,031	3,578
288. Hairdressing and manicure	3,676	5,119
290,291. Private domestic service	3,075	24,569
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	1,290	553

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Lancashire AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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