Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,276	56
Textiles & clothing	2,690	1,437
Wood & paper	1,078	4,331
Chemicals	25	3
Low tech	1,216	19
High tech.	1,186	17
Other	213	13

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,825	98
Textiles & clothing	2,736	10,542
Wood & paper	986	274
Chemicals	148	8
Low tech	1,458	26
High tech.	827	4
Other	406	72

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,863	122
Textiles & clothing	2,252	9,454
Wood & paper	994	654
Chemicals	160	10
Low tech	1,570	19
High tech.	896	7
Other	1,048	241

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,657	1,061
Textiles & clothing	2,746	6,029
Wood & paper	1,750	1,102
Chemicals	917	439
Low tech	2,450	83
High tech.	2,674	67
Other	3,571	1,272

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,020	1,363
Textiles & clothing	3,270	4,790
Wood & paper	4,047	2,588
Chemicals	1,718	1,158
Low tech	2,573	170
High tech.	6,679	1,315
Other	6,494	2,279

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,417	2,174
Textiles & clothing	3,201	5,272
Wood & paper	4,956	2,891
Chemicals	5,800	3,733
Low tech	6,506	1,412
High tech.	27,375	6,268
Other	13,983	5,517

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,203	1,675
Textiles & clothing	1,512	2,312
Wood & paper	7,082	3,050
Chemicals	13,345	4,316
Low tech	13,220	2,683
High tech.	62,767	14,977
Other	10,721	3,761

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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