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 England Dep table	Essex AdmC	Barking UD/MB Chigwell UD Colchester MB Dagenham MB/UD East Ham MB/UD/CB Hornchurch UD Ilford UD/MB Leyton UD/MB Romford MB/UD Southend on Sea CB/MB Thurrock UD Walthamstow UD/MB Wanstead and Woodford UD/MB West Ham CB/MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	495,790	210,332
Married women (included in Total)	0	93,156
Employers	12,976	1,736
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	4,831	631
Managers - of branch or primary departments	13,408	3,540
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	2,637	236
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	35,611	22,488
Operatives - others	393,461	174,207
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	9,024	505
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	1,733	31,308
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	246	1,063
Working on own account.	32,866	7,494
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	32,077	3,647
1. Agriculture and horticulture	31,371	3,635
2. Forestry	328	9
3. Fishing	378	3
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	653	33
10. Coal mining	19	2
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	1	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	16	0
13. Slate quarrying and mining	611	30
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	6	1
19. Other mining and quarrying	0	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	7,729	2,013
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	919	51
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	229	46
22. Glass (other than containers)	909	245
23. Glass containers	1,109	288
24. Cement	1,839	87
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	2,724	1,296
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	16,692	7,118
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	91	2
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	7,691	3,169
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	764	1,255
34. Paint and varnish	2,320	971
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	2,163	1,326
36. Mineral oil refining	2,779	191
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	884	204
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	5,234	942
40. Blast furnaces	391	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	850	163
42. Iron foundries	1,892	203
43. Sheets and tinplate	40	4
44. Iron and steel tubes	138	23
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	1,923	549
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	45,421	17,147
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	5,888	208
51. Marine engineering	769	41
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	2,403	312
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	1,136	113
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	1,688	301
55. Stationary engines	1,551	193
56. Textile machinery and accessories	29	4
58. Constructional engineering	2,341	144
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	11,760	2,908
70. Electrical machinery	3,002	886
71. Electrical wires and cables	1,688	1,519
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	99	29
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	9,204	7,117
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	527	640
75. Batteries and accumulators	1,590	1,766
79. Other electrical goods	1,746	966
VII. VEHICLES	35,912	2,620
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	23,835	1,801
81. Motor repairers and garage	7,348	575
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	1,147	179
84. Railway locomotive shops	1,790	18
85. Other locomotive manufacture	112	1
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	1,446	20
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	234	26
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	8,418	2,553
90. Tools and cutlery	660	158
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	478	450
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	271	7
95. Wire and wire manufactures	87	29
94. Hollow-ware	720	484
95. Brass manufactures	252	74
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	5,950	1,351
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	3,586	1,625
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	2,931	1,481
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	341	18
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	96	116
103. Musical instruments	218	10
X. TEXTILES	2,950	3,164
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	96	102
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	128	121
112. Woollen and worsted	32	29
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	4	4
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	519	868
115. Linen and soft hemp	3	0
116. Jute	3	6
117. Rope, twine and net	44	35
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	111	723
119. Lace	0	2
120. Carpets	41	19
121. Narrow fabrics	32	72
122. Made-up textiles	465	506
123. Textile finishing, etc.	418	234
129. Other textile industries	1,054	443
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	1,075	1,019
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	80	14
131. Leather goods	708	762
132. Fur	287	243
XII. CLOTHING	7,289	18,462
140. Tailoring	2,115	5,189
141. Dressmaking	371	5,534
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	502	3,949
143. Hats, caps and millinery	40	85
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	277	1,420
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	2,566	2,186
149. Repair of boots and shoes	1,418	99
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	17,921	7,661
150. Grain milling	1,565	281
151. Bread and flour confectionery	4,480	1,246
152. Biscuits	88	126
153. Meat and meat products	478	291
154. Milk products	1,841	663
155. Sugar and glucose	4,246	1,255
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	671	1,560
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	545	778
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	1,861	721
163. Brewing and malting	1,483	302
164. Wholesale bottling	122	111
168. Other drink industries	476	291
169. Tobacco	65	36
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	12,474	2,484
170. Timber	3,717	570
171. Furniture and upholstery	6,145	1,404
172. Shop and office fitting	845	66
173. Wooden containers and baskets	586	180
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	1,181	264
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	8,524	5,702
180. Paper and board	2,003	623
181. Wallpaper	19	9
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	545	926
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	801	1,509
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	1,000	286
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	4,156	2,349
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	8,435	8,368
190. Rubber	2,093	2,668
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	95	26
192. Brushes and brooms	549	532
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	747	1,159
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	509	548
195. Production and printing of cinema films	19	13
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	4,423	3,422
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	57,073	1,317
200. Building	49,357	1,100
201. Electric wiring and contracting	2,033	133
202. Civil engineering contracting	5,683	84
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	18,033	1,163
210. Gas	8,748	372
211. Electricity	7,832	700
212. Water	1,453	91
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	61,665	5,219
220. Railways	14,006	885
221. Tramway and omnibus service	10,530	704
222. Other road passenger transport	1,798	134
223. Goods transport by road	6,251	304
224. Sea transport	6,741	163
225. Port, river and canal transport	13,253	62
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	1,962	85
227. Air transport	223	21
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	6,384	2,730
238. Other transport and communication	384	113
239. Storage	133	18
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	55,285	36,069
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	6,643	980
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	4,121	615
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	2,398	754
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	18,193	11,487
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	5,127	1,363
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	16,619	18,335
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	2,184	2,535
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	6,066	2,134
250. Insurance, banking and finance	6,066	2,134
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	42,013	6,695
260. National government service	21,126	2,628
265. Local government service	20,887	4,067
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	20,054	29,714
270. Accountancy	789	350
271. Education	6,987	11,393
272. Law	774	780
273. Medical and dental services	8,040	15,756
274. Religion	1,420	553
279. Other professional and business services	2,044	882
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	20,818	43,200
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	1,433	1,598
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	2,216	682
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	7,070	19,697
286. Laundries	1,458	4,432
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	919	1,577
288. Hairdressing and manicure	1,627	1,782
290. Private domestic service (resident)	239	5,575
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	2,541	6,319
299. Other services	3,315	1,538
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	393	263

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

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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