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	Rochdale CB/MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	30,446	20,252
Married women (included in Total)	0	11,370
Employers	668	104
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	345	29
Managers - of branch or primary departments	801	238
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	115	13
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	1,628	988
Operatives - others	25,319	18,230
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	1,107	60
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	95	2,392
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	13	80
Working on own account.	1,570	650
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	206	33
1. Agriculture and horticulture	204	33
2. Forestry	2	0
3. Fishing	0	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	26	0
10. Coal mining	14	0
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	0	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	3	0
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	8	0
19. Other mining and quarrying	1	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	78	9
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	36	0
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	2	2
22. Glass (other than containers)	1	0
23. Glass containers	0	0
24. Cement	0	0
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	39	7
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	72	16
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	34	5
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	3	1
34. Paint and varnish	13	5
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	2	0
36. Mineral oil refining	3	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	17	5
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	222	9
40. Blast furnaces	0	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	7	0
42. Iron foundries	170	5
43. Sheets and tinplate	0	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	2	0
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	43	4
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	5,640	478
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	0	0
51. Marine engineering	1	0
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	4	1
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	6	1
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	102	12
55. Stationary engines	2	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	2,922	191
58. Constructional engineering	13	5
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	2,119	211
70. Electrical machinery	386	40
71. Electrical wires and cables	12	2
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	2	0
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	19	1
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	0	0
75. Batteries and accumulators	8	0
79. Other electrical goods	44	14
VII. VEHICLES	423	39
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	87	3
81. Motor repairers and garage	295	31
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	26	5
84. Railway locomotive shops	0	0
85. Other locomotive manufacture	3	0
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	6	0
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	6	0
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	998	453
90. Tools and cutlery	20	6
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	5	0
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	26	1
95. Wire and wire manufactures	0	0
94. Hollow-ware	1	0
95. Brass manufactures	209	100
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	737	346
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	32	5
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	11	3
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	11	0
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	2	2
103. Musical instruments	8	0
X. TEXTILES	9,571	10,952
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	4,972	7,612
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	980	1,342
112. Woollen and worsted	714	606
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	22	40
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	155	157
115. Linen and soft hemp	1	0
116. Jute	6	1
117. Rope, twine and net	24	20
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	0	2
119. Lace	0	0
120. Carpets	32	52
121. Narrow fabrics	1	1
122. Made-up textiles	62	149
123. Textile finishing, etc.	859	191
129. Other textile industries	1,743	779
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	356	103
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	321	93
131. Leather goods	34	10
132. Fur	1	0
XII. CLOTHING	295	477
140. Tailoring	26	60
141. Dressmaking	1	83
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	74	159
143. Hats, caps and millinery	2	4
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	8	93
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	112	74
149. Repair of boots and shoes	72	4
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	429	256
150. Grain milling	12	0
151. Bread and flour confectionery	276	195
152. Biscuits	2	0
153. Meat and meat products	41	7
154. Milk products	13	3
155. Sugar and glucose	0	1
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	8	3
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	7	20
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	6	3
163. Brewing and malting	42	9
164. Wholesale bottling	8	2
168. Other drink industries	11	3
169. Tobacco	3	10
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	466	55
170. Timber	137	11
171. Furniture and upholstery	114	16
172. Shop and office fitting	19	2
173. Wooden containers and baskets	117	22
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	79	4
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	827	916
180. Paper and board	123	23
181. Wallpaper	46	16
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	19	12
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	372	676
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	58	12
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	209	177
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	293	95
190. Rubber	239	83
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	14	2
192. Brushes and brooms	11	7
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	2	0
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	3	0
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	24	3
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	2,088	67
200. Building	1,810	52
201. Electric wiring and contracting	211	11
202. Civil engineering contracting	67	4
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	651	44
210. Gas	338	26
211. Electricity	258	16
212. Water	55	2
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	1,840	245
220. Railways	503	23
221. Tramway and omnibus service	616	67
222. Other road passenger transport	111	12
223. Goods transport by road	259	15
224. Sea transport	14	0
225. Port, river and canal transport	8	0
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	9	0
227. Air transport	0	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	299	121
238. Other transport and communication	12	5
239. Storage	9	2
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	2,655	2,217
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	244	41
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	232	51
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	178	52
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	872	791
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	230	65
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	797	1,080
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	102	137
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	340	126
250. Insurance, banking and finance	340	126
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	1,231	329
260. National government service	272	143
265. Local government service	959	186
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	702	1,111
270. Accountancy	56	24
271. Education	251	456
272. Law	47	57
273. Medical and dental services	230	536
274. Religion	55	22
279. Other professional and business services	63	16
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	975	2,210
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	136	111
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	82	33
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	405	1,202
286. Laundries	60	236
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	1	32
288. Hairdressing and manicure	62	96
290. Private domestic service (resident)	2	154
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	64	294
299. Other services	163	52
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	30	7

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