Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	61	3
Textiles & clothing	140	71
Wood & paper	25	12
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	67	2
High tech.	52	1
Other	15	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	57	6
Textiles & clothing	109	114
Wood & paper	29	0
Chemicals	9	1
Low tech	70	1
High tech.	51	0
Other	9	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	24	0
Textiles & clothing	22	34
Wood & paper	12	1
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	30	0
High tech.	29	0
Other	13	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	73	14
Textiles & clothing	42	93
Wood & paper	23	1
Chemicals	15	2
Low tech	90	0
High tech.	95	2
Other	37	2

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	155	31
Textiles & clothing	110	104
Wood & paper	119	19
Chemicals	207	35
Low tech	133	7
High tech.	314	48
Other	236	62

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	84	28
Textiles & clothing	50	274
Wood & paper	77	78
Chemicals	53	53
Low tech	253	119
High tech.	277	90
Other	161	78

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,633	1,403
Textiles & clothing	250	1,167
Wood & paper	769	247
Chemicals	1,510	1,669
Low tech	1,036	306
High tech.	10,004	2,877
Other	781	390

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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