Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	190	9
Textiles & clothing	438	222
Wood & paper	78	37
Chemicals	9	1
Low tech	210	7
High tech.	162	4
Other	48	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	306	15
Textiles & clothing	474	543
Wood & paper	92	0
Chemicals	25	1
Low tech	257	6
High tech.	175	0
Other	104	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	280	18
Textiles & clothing	376	538
Wood & paper	56	5
Chemicals	25	0
Low tech	332	2
High tech.	229	0
Other	237	26

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	318	84
Textiles & clothing	261	649
Wood & paper	105	8
Chemicals	178	44
Low tech	472	12
High tech.	641	16
Other	307	37

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	517	62
Textiles & clothing	193	141
Wood & paper	174	36
Chemicals	52	12
Low tech	239	18
High tech.	3,977	1,163
Other	274	54

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	578	215
Textiles & clothing	84	138
Wood & paper	186	18
Chemicals	35	2
Low tech	240	28
High tech.	9,703	2,758
Other	373	172

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	966	470
Textiles & clothing	295	263
Wood & paper	697	104
Chemicals	431	89
Low tech	860	83
High tech.	12,426	3,696
Other	522	212

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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