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 England Dep table	Northamptonshire AdmC	Northampton CB/MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	111,866	50,826
Married women (included in Total)	0	23,767
Employers	3,540	306
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	1,391	108
Managers - of branch or primary departments	3,062	908
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	436	38
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	5,978	3,945
Operatives - others	90,310	43,868
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	1,945	75
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	563	9,180
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	66	238
Working on own account.	7,149	1,653
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	11,090	876
1. Agriculture and horticulture	10,757	872
2. Forestry	332	4
3. Fishing	1	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	1,555	16
10. Coal mining	17	1
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	1,377	12
12. Stone quarrying and mining	27	0
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	124	3
19. Other mining and quarrying	10	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	572	221
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	123	7
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	47	5
22. Glass (other than containers)	8	0
23. Glass containers	0	0
24. Cement	3	0
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	391	209
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	811	137
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	148	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	442	75
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	15	9
34. Paint and varnish	23	2
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	106	23
36. Mineral oil refining	1	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	76	28
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	8,469	488
40. Blast furnaces	1,280	16
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	2,291	79
42. Iron foundries	846	21
43. Sheets and tinplate	4	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	3,850	347
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	198	25
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	6,360	1,259
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	15	1
51. Marine engineering	2	0
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	264	15
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	21	1
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	127	40
55. Stationary engines	11	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	5	2
58. Constructional engineering	302	2
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	5,234	830
70. Electrical machinery	43	59
71. Electrical wires and cables	16	0
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	8	0
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	143	20
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	12	4
75. Batteries and accumulators	8	0
79. Other electrical goods	149	285
VII. VEHICLES	4,188	438
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	552	30
81. Motor repairers and garage	1,710	153
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	1,480	250
84. Railway locomotive shops	90	1
85. Other locomotive manufacture	1	0
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	324	4
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	31	0
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	596	204
90. Tools and cutlery	83	6
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	0	2
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	92	1
95. Wire and wire manufactures	1	0
94. Hollow-ware	11	1
95. Brass manufactures	8	1
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	401	193
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	287	45
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	167	18
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	49	7
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	6	11
103. Musical instruments	65	9
X. TEXTILES	299	258
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	3	1
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	3	3
112. Woollen and worsted	7	3
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	1	1
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	1	0
115. Linen and soft hemp	146	16
116. Jute	2	0
117. Rope, twine and net	6	1
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	22	88
119. Lace	2	5
120. Carpets	2	1
121. Narrow fabrics	10	17
122. Made-up textiles	69	115
123. Textile finishing, etc.	6	4
129. Other textile industries	19	3
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	3,451	775
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	3,257	445
131. Leather goods	185	316
132. Fur	9	14
XII. CLOTHING	21,474	20,855
140. Tailoring	1,121	2,915
141. Dressmaking	217	1,745
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	26	146
143. Hats, caps and millinery	4	22
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	112	699
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	19,735	15,299
149. Repair of boots and shoes	259	29
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	3,163	967
150. Grain milling	629	379
151. Bread and flour confectionery	853	240
152. Biscuits	23	3
153. Meat and meat products	223	103
154. Milk products	209	46
155. Sugar and glucose	2	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	44	26
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	18	27
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	136	17
163. Brewing and malting	826	79
164. Wholesale bottling	62	21
168. Other drink industries	124	25
169. Tobacco	14	1
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	1,476	171
170. Timber	247	8
171. Furniture and upholstery	424	96
172. Shop and office fitting	100	7
173. Wooden containers and baskets	89	10
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	616	50
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	1,592	1,634
180. Paper and board	9	9
181. Wallpaper	11	6
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	328	733
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	9	4
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	239	68
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	996	814
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	1,061	816
190. Rubber	284	92
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	3	2
192. Brushes and brooms	37	7
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	430	512
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	3	1
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	304	202
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	9,730	178
200. Building	8,459	135
201. Electric wiring and contracting	340	19
202. Civil engineering contracting	931	24
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	2,444	195
210. Gas	959	78
211. Electricity	1,282	106
212. Water	203	11
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	8,117	1,028
220. Railways	4,013	130
221. Tramway and omnibus service	1,191	179
222. Other road passenger transport	202	26
223. Goods transport by road	1,447	97
224. Sea transport	18	1
225. Port, river and canal transport	37	5
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	26	1
227. Air transport	44	3
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	1,033	566
238. Other transport and communication	52	17
239. Storage	54	3
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	9,846	6,683
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	1,062	182
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	909	178
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	547	177
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	3,114	1,998
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	917	396
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	2,999	3,437
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	298	315
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	1,363	491
250. Insurance, banking and finance	1,363	491
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	5,829	979
260. National government service	2,320	460
265. Local government service	3,509	519
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	3,809	5,247
270. Accountancy	249	127
271. Education	1,349	2,046
272. Law	186	172
273. Medical and dental services	1,311	2,677
274. Religion	398	88
279. Other professional and business services	316	137
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	4,236	6,851
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	382	252
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	297	103
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	1,479	2,756
286. Laundries	155	395
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	66	116
288. Hairdressing and manicure	307	399
290. Private domestic service (resident)	142	1,459
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	931	1,189
299. Other services	477	182
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	48	14

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Northamptonshire AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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