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".

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Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	51,815	29,576
Married women (included in Total)	0	11,892
Employers	870	83
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	1,694	167
Managers - of branch or primary departments	1,879	291
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	879	45
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	5,937	2,423
Operatives - others	39,115	26,301
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	941	44
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	107	2,861
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	8	22
Working on own account.	1,441	266
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	9	4
1. Agriculture and horticulture	6	3
2. Forestry	2	1
3. Fishing	1	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	11	2
10. Coal mining	5	1
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	2	1
19. Other mining and quarrying	2	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	264	77
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	28	7
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	4	8
22. Glass (other than containers)	127	37
23. Glass containers	12	5
24. Cement	12	2
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	81	18
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	2,074	938
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	1	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	637	314
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	959	503
34. Paint and varnish	88	9
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	208	54
36. Mineral oil refining	41	17
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	140	41
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	182	27
40. Blast furnaces	1	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	17	5
42. Iron foundries	41	2
43. Sheets and tinplate	11	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	14	4
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	98	16
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	3,156	951
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	3	1
51. Marine engineering	2	1
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	85	27
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	35	5
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	125	32
55. Stationary engines	1	2
56. Textile machinery and accessories	19	4
58. Constructional engineering	141	9
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	2,266	537
70. Electrical machinery	43	8
71. Electrical wires and cables	4	0
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	8	3
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	169	138
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	22	16
75. Batteries and accumulators	3	1
79. Other electrical goods	230	167
VII. VEHICLES	270	62
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	96	18
81. Motor repairers and garage	104	10
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	37	24
84. Railway locomotive shops	13	1
85. Other locomotive manufacture	4	3
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	4	2
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	12	4
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	1,581	451
90. Tools and cutlery	121	26
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	138	72
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	16	3
95. Wire and wire manufactures	67	20
94. Hollow-ware	41	23
95. Brass manufactures	43	12
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	1,155	295
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	2,411	862
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	1,448	626
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	361	100
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	506	115
103. Musical instruments	96	21
X. TEXTILES	279	765
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	1	1
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	66	464
112. Woollen and worsted	17	37
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	0	0
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	6	3
115. Linen and soft hemp	1	1
116. Jute	1	0
117. Rope, twine and net	1	1
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	47	84
119. Lace	2	1
120. Carpets	12	13
121. Narrow fabrics	39	29
122. Made-up textiles	51	104
123. Textile finishing, etc.	18	14
129. Other textile industries	17	13
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	667	636
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	35	14
131. Leather goods	503	511
132. Fur	129	111
XII. CLOTHING	3,473	6,550
140. Tailoring	2,079	3,081
141. Dressmaking	306	1,867
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	129	597
143. Hats, caps and millinery	464	494
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	205	372
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	185	129
149. Repair of boots and shoes	105	10
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	3,447	1,653
150. Grain milling	1	0
151. Bread and flour confectionery	62	22
152. Biscuits	1	0
153. Meat and meat products	321	299
154. Milk products	30	14
155. Sugar and glucose	1	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	30	21
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	24	7
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	42	18
163. Brewing and malting	1,240	114
164. Wholesale bottling	34	25
168. Other drink industries	589	154
169. Tobacco	1,072	979
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	1,671	313
170. Timber	44	11
171. Furniture and upholstery	573	142
172. Shop and office fitting	697	80
173. Wooden containers and baskets	255	39
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	102	41
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	5,317	3,222
180. Paper and board	39	40
181. Wallpaper	0	1
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	115	219
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	315	371
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	526	123
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	4,322	2,468
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	991	873
190. Rubber	166	100
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	25	8
192. Brushes and brooms	66	56
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	136	202
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	61	62
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	1
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	537	444
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	2,326	117
200. Building	1,967	97
201. Electric wiring and contracting	186	11
202. Civil engineering contracting	173	9
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	1,755	288
210. Gas	310	21
211. Electricity	229	8
212. Water	1,216	259
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	6,247	1,057
220. Railways	162	28
221. Tramway and omnibus service	11	3
222. Other road passenger transport	20	3
223. Goods transport by road	2,595	296
224. Sea transport	25	32
225. Port, river and canal transport	51	4
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	6	1
227. Air transport	1	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	2,996	514
238. Other transport and communication	226	160
239. Storage	154	16
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	7,550	3,943
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	267	83
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	1,003	426
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	1,035	295
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	793	481
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	3,157	1,751
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	1,088	747
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	207	160
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	1,507	1,369
250. Insurance, banking and finance	1,507	1,369
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	3,244	903
260. National government service	2,415	673
265. Local government service	829	230
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	1,755	1,538
270. Accountancy	462	156
271. Education	389	306
272. Law	145	109
273. Medical and dental services	287	696
274. Religion	41	96
279. Other professional and business services	431	175
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	1,604	2,945
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	196	190
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	41	9
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	657	1,795
286. Laundries	99	199
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	12	26
288. Hairdressing and manicure	86	23
290. Private domestic service (resident)	2	44
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	12	98
299. Other services	499	561
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	24	30

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