Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	914	59
Textiles & clothing	12,624	5,365
Wood & paper	407	12
Chemicals	16	1
Low tech	1,571	42
High tech.	945	9
Other	247	67

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	930	81
Textiles & clothing	8,034	9,778
Wood & paper	356	9
Chemicals	97	5
Low tech	1,463	40
High tech.	665	3
Other	281	15

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	856	72
Textiles & clothing	7,738	10,106
Wood & paper	326	45
Chemicals	177	237
Low tech	2,183	130
High tech.	952	30
Other	913	140

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,410	426
Textiles & clothing	13,957	19,014
Wood & paper	475	157
Chemicals	366	102
Low tech	4,134	83
High tech.	3,820	43
Other	1,820	139

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,493	591
Textiles & clothing	17,763	22,931
Wood & paper	1,053	387
Chemicals	606	413
Low tech	6,798	485
High tech.	5,824	481
Other	1,439	437

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,603	1,028
Textiles & clothing	14,715	20,541
Wood & paper	1,228	545
Chemicals	874	678
Low tech	6,645	862
High tech.	12,871	2,068
Other	1,365	714

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,727	1,361
Textiles & clothing	12,314	12,207
Wood & paper	2,366	516
Chemicals	3,405	1,249
Low tech	8,654	914
High tech.	23,721	2,625
Other	1,262	571

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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