Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	46	7
Textiles & clothing	359	89
Wood & paper	74	2
Chemicals	26	1
Low tech	841	11
High tech.	110	1
Other	29	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	54	7
Textiles & clothing	247	306
Wood & paper	39	1
Chemicals	25	1
Low tech	1,029	33
High tech.	90	0
Other	21	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	80	7
Textiles & clothing	270	416
Wood & paper	28	4
Chemicals	55	7
Low tech	2,417	203
High tech.	325	2
Other	448	42

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	232	69
Textiles & clothing	212	477
Wood & paper	64	9
Chemicals	110	7
Low tech	2,163	52
High tech.	586	0
Other	750	17

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	236	56
Textiles & clothing	128	101
Wood & paper	46	8
Chemicals	93	3
Low tech	4,519	218
High tech.	121	5
Other	102	14

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	554	761
Textiles & clothing	2,876	491
Wood & paper	19	3
Chemicals	540	175
Low tech	5,638	801
High tech.	2,715	766
Other	197	328

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	348	158
Textiles & clothing	1,165	356
Wood & paper	273	29
Chemicals	624	87
Low tech	6,291	403
High tech.	2,632	472
Other	122	146

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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