Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	103	5
Textiles & clothing	519	251
Wood & paper	150	2
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	443	4
High tech.	247	0
Other	107	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	95	12
Textiles & clothing	388	498
Wood & paper	91	1
Chemicals	31	2
Low tech	816	26
High tech.	234	0
Other	55	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	216	48
Textiles & clothing	442	879
Wood & paper	134	22
Chemicals	40	2
Low tech	1,055	47
High tech.	683	8
Other	671	69

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	563	390
Textiles & clothing	522	1,449
Wood & paper	288	16
Chemicals	197	28
Low tech	4,443	51
High tech.	2,116	2
Other	1,072	121

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,036	627
Textiles & clothing	412	434
Wood & paper	179	13
Chemicals	295	34
Low tech	6,037	132
High tech.	1,575	66
Other	545	133

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,027	692
Textiles & clothing	248	863
Wood & paper	389	26
Chemicals	1,545	137
Low tech	9,480	1,051
High tech.	4,421	1,209
Other	467	214

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	391	450
Textiles & clothing	472	842
Wood & paper	763	198
Chemicals	1,714	130
Low tech	7,280	820
High tech.	5,773	1,735
Other	325	85

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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