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	Wiltshire AdmC	Swindon MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	147,465	39,844
Married women (included in Total)	0	13,510
Employers	4,047	458
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	678	87
Managers - of branch or primary departments	2,832	960
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	274	34
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	9,159	4,318
Operatives - others	123,239	32,595
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	2,632	122
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	471	5,184
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	113	284
Working on own account.	7,236	1,392
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	17,551	1,346
1. Agriculture and horticulture	17,028	1,327
2. Forestry	523	19
3. Fishing	0	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	211	7
10. Coal mining	1	0
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	1	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	144	4
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	63	3
19. Other mining and quarrying	2	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	463	43
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	147	4
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	29	22
22. Glass (other than containers)	3	0
23. Glass containers	0	0
24. Cement	1	0
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	283	17
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	162	116
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	109	108
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	8	1
34. Paint and varnish	26	4
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	8	3
36. Mineral oil refining	0	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	11	0
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	101	6
40. Blast furnaces	0	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	6	1
42. Iron foundries	29	1
43. Sheets and tinplate	0	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	49	3
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	17	1
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	4,466	2,496
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	5	0
51. Marine engineering	24	0
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	580	58
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	1	0
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	40	5
55. Stationary engines	285	57
56. Textile machinery and accessories	3	0
58. Constructional engineering	51	0
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	865	106
70. Electrical machinery	24	15
71. Electrical wires and cables	11	0
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	10	0
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	2,400	2,155
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	3	0
75. Batteries and accumulators	3	1
79. Other electrical goods	161	99
VII. VEHICLES	19,138	1,862
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	344	21
81. Motor repairers and garage	2,711	283
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	3,996	712
84. Railway locomotive shops	6,075	160
85. Other locomotive manufacture	2,560	586
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	3,383	95
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	69	5
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	227	18
90. Tools and cutlery	12	2
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	0	0
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	98	0
95. Wire and wire manufactures	5	0
94. Hollow-ware	5	2
95. Brass manufactures	15	8
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	92	6
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	325	203
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	237	177
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	62	26
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	6	0
103. Musical instruments	20	0
X. TEXTILES	798	959
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	4	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	4	4
112. Woollen and worsted	518	675
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	2	0
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	20	80
115. Linen and soft hemp	90	31
116. Jute	0	1
117. Rope, twine and net	12	4
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	0	19
119. Lace	0	0
120. Carpets	55	65
121. Narrow fabrics	0	0
122. Made-up textiles	15	11
123. Textile finishing, etc.	1	1
129. Other textile industries	77	68
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	485	100
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	442	91
131. Leather goods	38	1
132. Fur	5	8
XII. CLOTHING	807	1,584
140. Tailoring	232	695
141. Dressmaking	4	148
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	11	221
143. Hats, caps and millinery	3	7
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	293	501
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	38	5
149. Repair of boots and shoes	226	7
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	5,211	2,575
150. Grain milling	196	22
151. Bread and flour confectionery	867	242
152. Biscuits	7	0
153. Meat and meat products	1,289	799
154. Milk products	1,229	626
155. Sugar and glucose	10	10
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	24	5
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	43	60
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	314	70
163. Brewing and malting	612	115
164. Wholesale bottling	40	15
168. Other drink industries	78	7
169. Tobacco	502	604
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	1,154	167
170. Timber	506	25
171. Furniture and upholstery	358	124
172. Shop and office fitting	34	1
173. Wooden containers and baskets	46	14
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	210	3
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	661	224
180. Paper and board	56	12
181. Wallpaper	3	1
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	1	2
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	9	21
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	289	56
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	303	132
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	2,686	803
190. Rubber	2,506	700
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	0	0
192. Brushes and brooms	48	32
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	51	37
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	2	0
195. Production and printing of cinema films	3	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	76	34
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	11,778	279
200. Building	10,604	225
201. Electric wiring and contracting	382	16
202. Civil engineering contracting	792	38
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	2,074	201
210. Gas	627	62
211. Electricity	1,302	137
212. Water	145	2
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	10,103	1,540
220. Railways	5,975	599
221. Tramway and omnibus service	1,093	211
222. Other road passenger transport	360	21
223. Goods transport by road	920	53
224. Sea transport	48	0
225. Port, river and canal transport	17	0
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	43	0
227. Air transport	9	1
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	1,546	648
238. Other transport and communication	42	1
239. Storage	50	6
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	9,116	6,642
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	1,139	215
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	458	51
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	563	209
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	3,017	2,207
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	657	184
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	2,998	3,452
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	284	324
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	1,250	405
250. Insurance, banking and finance	1,250	405
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	48,684	2,878
260. National government service	45,242	2,314
265. Local government service	3,442	564
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	4,172	5,974
270. Accountancy	158	79
271. Education	1,480	2,403
272. Law	238	201
273. Medical and dental services	1,507	2,993
274. Religion	485	170
279. Other professional and business services	304	128
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	5,730	9,366
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	268	327
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	521	99
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	2,228	3,724
286. Laundries	186	604
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	49	125
288. Hairdressing and manicure	281	361
290. Private domestic service (resident)	177	2,035
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	1,539	1,838
299. Other services	481	253
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	112	50

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

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

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