Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	130	26
Textiles & clothing	4,042	1,580
Wood & paper	129	34
Chemicals	21	0
Low tech	732	14
High tech.	361	2
Other	350	145

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	252	38
Textiles & clothing	1,046	961
Wood & paper	129	2
Chemicals	60	1
Low tech	783	20
High tech.	267	0
Other	149	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	228	11
Textiles & clothing	362	443
Wood & paper	75	24
Chemicals	22	0
Low tech	283	5
High tech.	131	0
Other	102	24

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	116	64
Textiles & clothing	1,097	1,261
Wood & paper	94	20
Chemicals	93	5
Low tech	684	21
High tech.	463	3
Other	263	9

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,362	239
Textiles & clothing	216	450
Wood & paper	133	10
Chemicals	479	37
Low tech	247	31
High tech.	474	7
Other	83	19

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,070	231
Textiles & clothing	50	244
Wood & paper	466	199
Chemicals	771	67
Low tech	197	19
High tech.	1,771	171
Other	51	13

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	313	92
Textiles & clothing	1,197	493
Wood & paper	239	30
Chemicals	478	68
Low tech	1,162	94
High tech.	1,400	169
Other	124	34

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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