1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 2 : " Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more".

Show Lancashire AdmC table	Preston MB/CB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	42,358	26,330
Married women (included in Total)	0	12,724
Employers	1,005	169
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	509	45
Managers - of branch or primary departments	1,254	308
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	203	19
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	3,808	2,237
Operatives - others	33,157	22,433
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	199	174
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	138	2,401
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	22	97
Working on own account.	2,422	1,119
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	171	20
1. Agriculture and horticulture	133	20
2. Forestry	2	0
3. Fishing	36	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	23	0
10. Coal mining	19	0
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	0	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	2	0
13. Slate quarrying and mining	1	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	1	0
19. Other mining and quarrying	0	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	207	39
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	45	0
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	9	4
22. Glass (other than containers)	22	1
23. Glass containers	0	1
24. Cement	0	0
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	131	33
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	256	99
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	146	25
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	11	8
34. Paint and varnish	18	8
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	52	57
36. Mineral oil refining	4	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	25	1
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	333	30
40. Blast furnaces	0	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	23	1
42. Iron foundries	269	20
43. Sheets and tinplate	0	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	7	0
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	34	9
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	2,812	1,231
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	33	2
51. Marine engineering	9	0
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	374	38
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	35	0
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	9	5
55. Stationary engines	1	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	535	112
58. Constructional engineering	79	6
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	1,216	124
70. Electrical machinery	20	4
71. Electrical wires and cables	49	4
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	1	0
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	31	2
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	353	924
75. Batteries and accumulators	6	0
79. Other electrical goods	61	10
VII. VEHICLES	6,472	1,186
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	347	29
81. Motor repairers and garage	766	48
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	5,249	1,104
84. Railway locomotive shops	16	1
85. Other locomotive manufacture	42	3
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	44	0
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	8	1
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	381	42
90. Tools and cutlery	11	1
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	9	4
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	24	2
95. Wire and wire manufactures	24	3
94. Hollow-ware	1	0
95. Brass manufactures	41	4
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	271	28
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	161	156
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	69	7
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	34	2
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	43	146
103. Musical instruments	15	1
X. TEXTILES	5,026	7,772
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	772	1,292
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	1,948	4,619
112. Woollen and worsted	12	4
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	1,688	475
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	457	1,110
115. Linen and soft hemp	0	0
116. Jute	2	0
117. Rope, twine and net	11	20
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	24	122
119. Lace	1	0
120. Carpets	1	5
121. Narrow fabrics	0	1
122. Made-up textiles	29	84
123. Textile finishing, etc.	72	36
129. Other textile industries	9	4
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	121	58
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	93	33
131. Leather goods	21	15
132. Fur	7	10
XII. CLOTHING	778	1,210
140. Tailoring	94	112
141. Dressmaking	4	185
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	9	84
143. Hats, caps and millinery	18	47
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	9	18
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	510	751
149. Repair of boots and shoes	134	13
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	998	1,025
150. Grain milling	129	8
151. Bread and flour confectionery	309	366
152. Biscuits	159	284
153. Meat and meat products	51	13
154. Milk products	84	43
155. Sugar and glucose	1	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	45	129
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	21	14
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	20	9
163. Brewing and malting	56	26
164. Wholesale bottling	37	36
168. Other drink industries	63	25
169. Tobacco	23	72
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	728	199
170. Timber	172	36
171. Furniture and upholstery	368	105
172. Shop and office fitting	28	5
173. Wooden containers and baskets	13	19
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	147	34
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	885	665
180. Paper and board	18	7
181. Wallpaper	2	0
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	18	74
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	147	149
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	288	50
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	412	385
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	171	83
190. Rubber	28	3
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	1	0
192. Brushes and brooms	28	16
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	8	4
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	3	5
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	1
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	103	54
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	3,487	103
200. Building	3,001	74
201. Electric wiring and contracting	328	22
202. Civil engineering contracting	158	7
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	1,073	158
210. Gas	284	57
211. Electricity	710	99
212. Water	79	2
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	5,764	772
220. Railways	1,565	62
221. Tramway and omnibus service	1,490	275
222. Other road passenger transport	120	5
223. Goods transport by road	540	45
224. Sea transport	261	6
225. Port, river and canal transport	592	1
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	193	4
227. Air transport	0	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	899	356
238. Other transport and communication	61	16
239. Storage	43	2
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	5,250	4,181
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	531	98
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	277	58
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	533	275
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	1,250	1,097
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	845	231
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	1,626	2,126
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	188	296
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	692	335
250. Insurance, banking and finance	692	335
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	3,448	1,282
260. National government service	877	443
265. Local government service	2,571	839
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	1,666	2,573
270. Accountancy	222	92
271. Education	466	939
272. Law	239	158
273. Medical and dental services	419	1,214
274. Religion	133	87
279. Other professional and business services	187	83
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	1,413	3,100
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	199	184
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	140	77
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	567	1,821
286. Laundries	60	150
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	19	69
288. Hairdressing and manicure	124	156
290. Private domestic service (resident)	3	183
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	33	367
299. Other services	268	93
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	42	11

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