Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	312	19
Textiles & clothing	1,676	957
Wood & paper	171	10
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	266	4
High tech.	218	4
Other	51	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	296	26
Textiles & clothing	1,741	1,887
Wood & paper	170	0
Chemicals	27	1
Low tech	350	5
High tech.	143	2
Other	54	11

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	181	16
Textiles & clothing	1,161	759
Wood & paper	72	0
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	261	4
High tech.	108	3
Other	100	29

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	224	36
Textiles & clothing	1,757	1,215
Wood & paper	71	21
Chemicals	13	3
Low tech	426	2
High tech.	299	2
Other	123	7

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	184	49
Textiles & clothing	947	602
Wood & paper	68	17
Chemicals	20	4
Low tech	169	6
High tech.	547	142
Other	62	8

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	103	12
Textiles & clothing	456	447
Wood & paper	69	4
Chemicals	23	13
Low tech	71	9
High tech.	585	91
Other	30	5

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	404	154
Textiles & clothing	1,427	1,041
Wood & paper	196	48
Chemicals	312	85
Low tech	2,221	139
High tech.	1,353	206
Other	81	40

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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