Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	695	29
Textiles & clothing	5,659	2,391
Wood & paper	389	16
Chemicals	23	2
Low tech	1,281	6
High tech.	538	0
Other	318	12

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	703	58
Textiles & clothing	4,799	6,055
Wood & paper	412	11
Chemicals	151	13
Low tech	1,521	23
High tech.	520	2
Other	360	67

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	777	94
Textiles & clothing	3,643	4,222
Wood & paper	352	16
Chemicals	133	8
Low tech	1,426	27
High tech.	656	0
Other	666	41

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	906	133
Textiles & clothing	2,541	4,111
Wood & paper	293	27
Chemicals	199	14
Low tech	971	8
High tech.	998	4
Other	796	86

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,218	440
Textiles & clothing	1,344	2,298
Wood & paper	916	26
Chemicals	172	6
Low tech	1,011	48
High tech.	1,192	71
Other	414	112

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,662	542
Textiles & clothing	650	1,949
Wood & paper	1,131	35
Chemicals	1,429	609
Low tech	527	34
High tech.	1,190	105
Other	344	104

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,721	831
Textiles & clothing	996	2,629
Wood & paper	741	20
Chemicals	2,954	622
Low tech	730	101
High tech.	1,652	233
Other	131	100

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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