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	Burnley MB/CB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	26,382	17,841
Married women (included in Total)	0	10,433
Employers	650	90
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	387	38
Managers - of branch or primary departments	785	198
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	113	11
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	1,598	1,026
Operatives - others	21,227	15,758
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	940	58
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	119	1,973
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	8	68
Working on own account.	1,622	720
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	139	18
1. Agriculture and horticulture	138	18
2. Forestry	0	0
3. Fishing	1	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	1,680	26
10. Coal mining	1,677	26
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	0	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	2	0
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	0	0
19. Other mining and quarrying	1	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	214	9
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	162	4
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	6	0
22. Glass (other than containers)	1	0
23. Glass containers	1	0
24. Cement	0	0
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	44	5
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	157	88
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	2	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	40	14
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	76	65
34. Paint and varnish	23	6
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	9	2
36. Mineral oil refining	0	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	7	1
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	848	90
40. Blast furnaces	0	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	4	0
42. Iron foundries	522	47
43. Sheets and tinplate	0	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	0	0
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	322	43
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	3,227	1,033
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	0	0
51. Marine engineering	2	0
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	3	2
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	125	10
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	7	0
55. Stationary engines	18	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	1,246	110
58. Constructional engineering	82	4
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	273	32
70. Electrical machinery	24	12
71. Electrical wires and cables	4	0
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	0	0
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	26	2
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	3	0
75. Batteries and accumulators	8	0
79. Other electrical goods	1,406	861
VII. VEHICLES	1,346	168
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	67	2
81. Motor repairers and garage	426	45
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	793	119
84. Railway locomotive shops	25	2
85. Other locomotive manufacture	1	0
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	27	0
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	7	0
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	666	333
90. Tools and cutlery	41	27
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	6	1
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	13	0
95. Wire and wire manufactures	3	0
94. Hollow-ware	76	33
95. Brass manufactures	7	0
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	520	272
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	45	15
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	26	14
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	13	1
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	0	0
103. Musical instruments	6	0
X. TEXTILES	4,309	7,326
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	135	283
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	3,162	6,411
112. Woollen and worsted	23	30
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	1	0
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	225	299
115. Linen and soft hemp	1	0
116. Jute	32	13
117. Rope, twine and net	36	37
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	14	49
119. Lace	0	0
120. Carpets	1	1
121. Narrow fabrics	1	1
122. Made-up textiles	21	46
123. Textile finishing, etc.	507	65
129. Other textile industries	150	91
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	89	167
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	72	2
131. Leather goods	16	164
132. Fur	1	1
XII. CLOTHING	400	1,496
140. Tailoring	61	301
141. Dressmaking	11	171
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	45	594
143. Hats, caps and millinery	6	21
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	24	79
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	170	323
149. Repair of boots and shoes	83	7
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	568	303
150. Grain milling	1	0
151. Bread and flour confectionery	207	228
152. Biscuits	3	0
153. Meat and meat products	56	14
154. Milk products	40	7
155. Sugar and glucose	0	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	23	34
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	4	4
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	7	2
163. Brewing and malting	167	10
164. Wholesale bottling	3	1
168. Other drink industries	57	3
169. Tobacco	0	0
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	664	91
170. Timber	100	1
171. Furniture and upholstery	376	42
172. Shop and office fitting	19	0
173. Wooden containers and baskets	28	1
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	141	47
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	591	211
180. Paper and board	181	26
181. Wallpaper	0	0
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	46	11
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	5	5
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	74	10
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	285	159
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	214	83
190. Rubber	90	3
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	4	0
192. Brushes and brooms	30	20
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	48	51
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	1	0
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	41	9
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	1,813	33
200. Building	1,603	28
201. Electric wiring and contracting	131	4
202. Civil engineering contracting	79	1
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	703	36
210. Gas	331	15
211. Electricity	306	21
212. Water	66	0
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	2,238	164
220. Railways	651	17
221. Tramway and omnibus service	899	19
222. Other road passenger transport	59	5
223. Goods transport by road	301	29
224. Sea transport	6	0
225. Port, river and canal transport	17	0
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	19	0
227. Air transport	0	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	265	85
238. Other transport and communication	16	8
239. Storage	5	1
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	3,019	2,219
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	253	50
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	202	48
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	371	102
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	883	772
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	244	83
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	947	1,009
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	119	155
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	416	187
250. Insurance, banking and finance	416	187
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	1,146	316
260. National government service	256	144
265. Local government service	890	172
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	967	1,517
270. Accountancy	122	62
271. Education	288	574
272. Law	87	82
273. Medical and dental services	329	728
274. Religion	77	23
279. Other professional and business services	64	48
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	908	1,905
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	115	110
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	78	13
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	337	939
286. Laundries	67	173
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	66	92
288. Hairdressing and manicure	60	88
290. Private domestic service (resident)	1	165
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	26	295
299. Other services	158	30
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	15	7

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