Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	111	22
Textiles & clothing	5,194	1,728
Wood & paper	114	27
Chemicals	25	0
Low tech	627	11
High tech.	313	4
Other	325	235

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	159	26
Textiles & clothing	3,551	2,146
Wood & paper	144	8
Chemicals	133	5
Low tech	2,042	54
High tech.	353	14
Other	140	18

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	225	35
Textiles & clothing	1,623	2,289
Wood & paper	251	91
Chemicals	234	5
Low tech	2,688	42
High tech.	599	12
Other	971	158

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	676	440
Textiles & clothing	8,764	9,653
Wood & paper	747	308
Chemicals	670	40
Low tech	4,574	108
High tech.	3,082	24
Other	1,696	93

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	553	216
Textiles & clothing	831	2,911
Wood & paper	378	26
Chemicals	1,002	21
Low tech	2,910	651
High tech.	1,153	418
Other	321	71

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	765	465
Textiles & clothing	788	3,247
Wood & paper	474	86
Chemicals	1,186	239
Low tech	4,796	1,331
High tech.	2,273	1,268
Other	522	558

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,177	579
Textiles & clothing	4,138	3,352
Wood & paper	1,070	146
Chemicals	1,594	347
Low tech	6,398	1,157
High tech.	5,229	1,073
Other	739	624

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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