Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	799	28
Textiles & clothing	10,566	8,613
Wood & paper	414	5
Chemicals	32	1
Low tech	861	9
High tech.	616	1
Other	344	222

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	772	36
Textiles & clothing	7,563	12,331
Wood & paper	397	32
Chemicals	107	4
Low tech	1,076	16
High tech.	826	10
Other	333	150

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	801	95
Textiles & clothing	6,763	11,230
Wood & paper	439	39
Chemicals	124	5
Low tech	1,073	8
High tech.	921	5
Other	867	71

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	770	308
Textiles & clothing	5,172	9,065
Wood & paper	367	63
Chemicals	210	22
Low tech	1,271	10
High tech.	1,847	6
Other	717	105

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	859	505
Textiles & clothing	3,090	4,821
Wood & paper	550	21
Chemicals	174	6
Low tech	513	15
High tech.	2,299	170
Other	426	134

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	956	511
Textiles & clothing	1,883	3,025
Wood & paper	651	59
Chemicals	218	10
Low tech	375	42
High tech.	2,972	535
Other	318	83

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	787	480
Textiles & clothing	1,708	2,044
Wood & paper	452	41
Chemicals	402	54
Low tech	777	191
High tech.	3,062	669
Other	229	42

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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