Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	98	4
Textiles & clothing	238	516
Wood & paper	111	142
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	102	2
High tech.	87	1
Other	63	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	135	8
Textiles & clothing	375	1,569
Wood & paper	202	15
Chemicals	9	1
Low tech	148	1
High tech.	81	1
Other	217	24

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	99	4
Textiles & clothing	521	1,096
Wood & paper	194	18
Chemicals	8	0
Low tech	127	2
High tech.	86	1
Other	281	131

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	204	55
Textiles & clothing	306	445
Wood & paper	194	69
Chemicals	32	7
Low tech	248	5
High tech.	595	1
Other	660	178

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	232	46
Textiles & clothing	554	398
Wood & paper	508	60
Chemicals	45	11
Low tech	216	10
High tech.	403	35
Other	823	302

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	308	189
Textiles & clothing	196	283
Wood & paper	421	47
Chemicals	108	266
Low tech	381	101
High tech.	606	230
Other	944	406

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	497	161
Textiles & clothing	64	80
Wood & paper	467	105
Chemicals	454	191
Low tech	1,153	159
High tech.	2,727	524
Other	405	127

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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