1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 2 : " Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more".

Show Lancashire AdmC table	Bolton MB/CB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	50,624	35,807
Married women (included in Total)	0	18,678
Employers	1,234	190
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	583	66
Managers - of branch or primary departments	1,340	398
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	196	22
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	3,027	2,060
Operatives - others	41,182	31,749
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	2,274	132
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	116	4,524
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	29	171
Working on own account.	3,062	1,322
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	348	58
1. Agriculture and horticulture	343	58
2. Forestry	3	0
3. Fishing	2	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	1,148	10
10. Coal mining	1,136	10
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	0	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	11	0
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	0	0
19. Other mining and quarrying	1	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	228	19
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	63	2
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	29	6
22. Glass (other than containers)	15	0
23. Glass containers	0	0
24. Cement	0	0
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	121	11
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	549	400
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	172	195
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	32	84
34. Paint and varnish	252	92
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	30	18
36. Mineral oil refining	35	9
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	28	2
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	814	64
40. Blast furnaces	1	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	395	14
42. Iron foundries	217	25
43. Sheets and tinplate	2	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	1	0
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	198	25
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	4,293	554
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	0	0
51. Marine engineering	1	1
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	12	4
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	31	1
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	384	50
55. Stationary engines	388	31
56. Textile machinery and accessories	1,210	240
58. Constructional engineering	966	59
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	1,132	138
70. Electrical machinery	13	2
71. Electrical wires and cables	5	1
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	1	0
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	51	10
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	1	0
75. Batteries and accumulators	9	0
79. Other electrical goods	89	17
VII. VEHICLES	3,808	391
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	265	18
81. Motor repairers and garage	570	45
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	2,822	315
84. Railway locomotive shops	25	0
85. Other locomotive manufacture	0	0
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	116	11
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	10	2
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	1,053	203
90. Tools and cutlery	23	8
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	3	1
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	34	2
95. Wire and wire manufactures	6	0
94. Hollow-ware	3	2
95. Brass manufactures	278	102
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	706	88
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	86	26
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	43	25
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	20	0
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	8	1
103. Musical instruments	15	0
X. TEXTILES	12,023	17,350
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	8,543	12,148
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	1,406	2,682
112. Woollen and worsted	195	216
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	4	5
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	293	607
115. Linen and soft hemp	3	4
116. Jute	3	5
117. Rope, twine and net	43	106
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	202	767
119. Lace	3	0
120. Carpets	57	34
121. Narrow fabrics	3	0
122. Made-up textiles	51	114
123. Textile finishing, etc.	1,075	533
129. Other textile industries	142	129
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	1,218	306
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	1,188	294
131. Leather goods	29	7
132. Fur	1	5
XII. CLOTHING	717	2,093
140. Tailoring	449	1,513
141. Dressmaking	26	379
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	19	135
143. Hats, caps and millinery	1	12
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	3	24
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	80	12
149. Repair of boots and shoes	139	18
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	1,315	626
150. Grain milling	64	13
151. Bread and flour confectionery	533	365
152. Biscuits	9	1
153. Meat and meat products	95	18
154. Milk products	76	11
155. Sugar and glucose	0	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	24	51
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	9	8
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	26	18
163. Brewing and malting	313	75
164. Wholesale bottling	19	16
168. Other drink industries	130	32
169. Tobacco	17	18
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	946	334
170. Timber	254	27
171. Furniture and upholstery	410	273
172. Shop and office fitting	52	4
173. Wooden containers and baskets	149	28
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	81	2
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	781	370
180. Paper and board	89	20
181. Wallpaper	0	1
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	3	4
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	67	90
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	210	68
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	412	187
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	205	78
190. Rubber	61	13
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	2	0
192. Brushes and brooms	78	20
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	6	7
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	8	3
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	50	35
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	4,193	136
200. Building	3,751	116
201. Electric wiring and contracting	214	12
202. Civil engineering contracting	228	8
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	1,298	69
210. Gas	505	20
211. Electricity	641	46
212. Water	152	3
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	3,640	411
220. Railways	1,196	60
221. Tramway and omnibus service	1,156	101
222. Other road passenger transport	67	5
223. Goods transport by road	621	34
224. Sea transport	25	2
225. Port, river and canal transport	1	0
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	0	0
227. Air transport	1	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	501	187
238. Other transport and communication	19	6
239. Storage	53	16
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	5,454	4,645
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	604	88
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	543	200
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	446	163
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	1,539	1,380
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	452	169
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	1,687	2,317
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	183	328
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	703	280
250. Insurance, banking and finance	703	280
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	2,273	594
260. National government service	459	261
265. Local government service	1,814	333
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	1,825	2,657
270. Accountancy	208	110
271. Education	676	1,135
272. Law	110	133
273. Medical and dental services	465	1,125
274. Religion	144	77
279. Other professional and business services	222	77
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	1,675	4,127
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	151	207
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	202	79
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	593	2,319
286. Laundries	101	326
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	30	59
288. Hairdressing and manicure	124	174
290. Private domestic service (resident)	2	339
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	85	521
299. Other services	387	103
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	31	6

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