Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	534	14
Textiles & clothing	8,343	5,002
Wood & paper	324	7
Chemicals	26	12
Low tech	1,996	22
High tech.	626	9
Other	142	573

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	521	17
Textiles & clothing	5,692	7,522
Wood & paper	233	127
Chemicals	211	131
Low tech	9,817	55
High tech.	365	1
Other	144	141

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,082	296
Textiles & clothing	4,428	9,291
Wood & paper	745	424
Chemicals	626	78
Low tech	11,748	377
High tech.	3,491	13
Other	2,811	709

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	784	651
Textiles & clothing	1,822	4,436
Wood & paper	483	273
Chemicals	520	44
Low tech	6,070	289
High tech.	2,772	29
Other	1,253	239

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,247	1,303
Textiles & clothing	1,362	3,051
Wood & paper	1,293	291
Chemicals	566	71
Low tech	7,898	623
High tech.	2,604	214
Other	762	317

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,039	786
Textiles & clothing	935	3,035
Wood & paper	1,124	418
Chemicals	920	119
Low tech	9,034	1,197
High tech.	4,937	2,032
Other	895	757

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,493	1,471
Textiles & clothing	863	2,397
Wood & paper	1,123	368
Chemicals	897	321
Low tech	7,580	978
High tech.	15,003	7,976
Other	922	562

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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