1931 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables, Table 3 : " Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)".

Show England Dep table	Essex AdmC	Barking UD/MB Belchamp RD Benfleet UD Billericay RD Braintree RD Braintree and Bocking UD Brentwood UD Brightlingsea UD Buckhurst Hill UD Bumpstead RD Burnham on Crouch UD Canvey Island UD Chelmsford RD Chelmsford MB Chingford UD/MB Clacton UD Colchester MB Dagenham MB/UD Dunmow RD East Ham MB/UD/CB Epping RD Epping UD Frinton on Sea UD Grays Thurrock UD Halstead RD Halstead UD Harwich MB Hornchurch UD Ilford UD/MB Lexden and Winstree RD Leyton UD/MB Loughton UD Maldon MB Maldon RD Ongar RD Orsett RD Purfleet UD Rayleigh UD Rochford RD Romford MB/UD Romford RD Saffron Walden MB Saffron Walden RD Shoeburyness UD Southend on Sea CB/MB Stanstead RD Tendring RD Tilbury UD Waltham Holy Cross UD Walthamstow UD/MB Walton on the Naze UD Wanstead UD West Ham CB/MB West Mersea UD Witham UD Wivenhoe UD Woodford UD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total in Industries (excluding persons out of work).	521,922	205,895
Out of work (not included below).	52,077	13,620
I.--Fishing.	581	1
II.--Agriculture.	33,379	1,802
III.--Mining and Quarrying, and Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mining and Quarry Products.      1. Mining and Quarrying.	1,126	44
2. Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mine and Quarry Products (excluding Gas Works).	3,004	330
IV.--Manufacture of Bricks, Pottery, Glass, etc.	3,052	227
V.--Manufacture of Chemicals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, Oils, Grease.      1, 2. Chemicals and Explosives.	4,634	1,513
3. White Lead, Paints, and Varnish.	2,109	815
4, 5. Greases, Glue, &c.	4,897	1,736
VI.--Manufacture of Metals, Machines, Implements, Conveyances, Jewellery, Watches.      1. Smelting Converting, Refining, and Rolling of Iron and Steel.	56	10
2. Extracting and Refining of Other Metals and Alloys.	386	44
3. Founding and Other Secondary Processes in Metal Working.	3,237	326
4. Engineering (not Marine or Electrical).	13,979	1,970
5. Electrical Installations, Cables, and Apparatus.	10,391	4,402
6. Construction and Repair of Vehicles.	6,950	299
7. Ship Building and Repairing and Marine Engineering.	4,177	114
8. Cutlery and Small Tools (not Machine Tools).	377	109
9. Other Metal Industries (not Precious Metals, Jewellery, or Plate).	9,099	2,009
10. Precious Metals, Jewellery, Plate.	1,036	198
VII.--Manufacture of Textiles and Textile Goods (not Dress); Cellulose.      1. Cotton.	134	108
2. Wool, Worsted, and Shoddy.	138	69
3. Silk, Natural and Artificial.	575	1,367
4. Flax, Hemp, Jute.	38	21
5, 6. Mixed Fibres and Miscellaneous Products.	1,731	1,883
7. Textile Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching, Calendering, Finishing.	452	228
VIII.--Preparation of Skins and Leather, and Manufacture of Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).      1. Furs, Skins, Leather.	1,058	588
2. Saddlery, Harness, Bags, Trunks, and Other Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).	1,025	760
IX.--Manufacture of Clothing (not Knitted).	10,212	24,296
X.--Manufacture of Food, Drink, Tobacco.      1. Food.	15,394	7,564
2. Drink.	3,672	617
3. Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, Snuff.	1,050	2,173
XI.--Wood Working; Manufacture of Cane and Basket Ware, Furniture, Fittings (not elsewhere enumerated).      1. Wood Working and Basket Ware.	5,060	402
2. Furniture (not Metal or Basket); Fittings.	7,168	981
XII.--Paper Making; Manufacture of Stationery and Stationery Requisites; Printing, Bookbinding, and Photography.	18,766	8,288
XIII.-- Building, Decorating, Stone and Slate Gutting and Dressing, and Contracting.	51,224	452
XIV.--Other Manufacturing Industries.      1. Rubber.	2,172	1,929
2. Musical Instruments.	1,567	505
3. Other Manufacturing Industries.	5,894	4,626
XV.--Gas, Water, Electricity.      510-6. Gas Works Service.	8,664	194
518-21. Water Works Service.	1,431	30
523-9. Electricity Supply Service.	4,665	124
XVI.--Transport and Communication.      1. Railways.	20,386	683
2. Road.	21,805	549
3-7. Water, Air and Other Transport and Communication.	28,853	1,253
XVII.--Commerce and Finance.      600-670. Distributive Trades.	92,077	34,803
680-699. Other Commerce and Finance.	20,741	6,639
XVIII.--Public Administration and Defence.      1. Defence.	8,422	198
2. Central Civil Government (British and Imperial).	15,028	4,555
3. Local Government.	27,589	12,836
XIX.--Professions.	12,868	10,901
XX.--Entertainments and Sport.	4,168	1,828
XXI.--Personal Service (including Hotels and Catering, but excluding Government and Local Authority).	24,009	58,201
XXII.--Other Industries or Industry not stated.	1,416	295

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Essex AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1931
Finance & Business Services	1931
Manufacturing	1931
Mining	1931
Public Services	1931

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The areal classification is by each person's area of enumeration and not necessarily, therefore, by area of business.

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