Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	22	1
Textiles & clothing	301	90
Wood & paper	45	1
Chemicals	56	10
Low tech	1,477	23
High tech.	171	0
Other	9	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	43	11
Textiles & clothing	339	433
Wood & paper	39	2
Chemicals	50	0
Low tech	2,853	115
High tech.	186	0
Other	22	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	48	16
Textiles & clothing	176	401
Wood & paper	23	3
Chemicals	61	9
Low tech	2,054	237
High tech.	287	0
Other	507	26

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	409	122
Textiles & clothing	446	797
Wood & paper	110	13
Chemicals	185	10
Low tech	3,424	75
High tech.	958	0
Other	1,234	27

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	354	56
Textiles & clothing	129	127
Wood & paper	43	3
Chemicals	171	0
Low tech	2,079	46
High tech.	65	2
Other	97	7

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	375	99
Textiles & clothing	303	835
Wood & paper	23	4
Chemicals	270	12
Low tech	7,126	382
High tech.	317	15
Other	97	87

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	270	113
Textiles & clothing	932	312
Wood & paper	231	21
Chemicals	493	65
Low tech	4,872	298
High tech.	2,147	440
Other	112	113

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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