Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	141	49
Textiles & clothing	1,212	226
Wood & paper	64	4
Chemicals	9	0
Low tech	349	17
High tech.	178	0
Other	10	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	192	88
Textiles & clothing	1,040	982
Wood & paper	91	1
Chemicals	43	2
Low tech	495	29
High tech.	295	0
Other	64	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	118	52
Textiles & clothing	592	1,024
Wood & paper	36	5
Chemicals	35	3
Low tech	267	10
High tech.	205	1
Other	281	9

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	193	103
Textiles & clothing	372	845
Wood & paper	31	0
Chemicals	47	3
Low tech	290	2
High tech.	360	1
Other	134	3

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	235	36
Textiles & clothing	187	158
Wood & paper	156	2
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	184	0
High tech.	272	2
Other	67	7

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	262	53
Textiles & clothing	40	56
Wood & paper	104	6
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	181	32
High tech.	1,125	126
Other	170	234

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	110	84
Textiles & clothing	180	121
Wood & paper	100	13
Chemicals	180	21
Low tech	980	21
High tech.	1,540	180
Other	80	79

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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