Vision of Ireland | 1951 Census: Industry

1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 3 : " Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

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INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	12,778	6,203
Married women (included in Total)	0	3,499
Employers	300	27
Managers	699	123
Operatives	11,082	5,750
Working on own account	697	303
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	32	0
1. Agriculture and horticulture	28	0
II. Mining and quarrying	198	8
10. Coal mining	6	2
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	192	6
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	636	119
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	435	69
24. Cement	0	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	37	23
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	18	11
V. Metal manufacture	1,150	258
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	1,827	527
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	106	25
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	176	63
56. Textile machinery and accessories	0	0
58. Constructional engineering	403	55
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	897	141
70. Electrical machinery	26	10
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	64	109
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	155	124
VII. Vehicles	213	35
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	39	6
81. Motor repairers and garages	132	15
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	14	3
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	4,282	2,507
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	33	16
X. Textiles	37	19
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	0	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	0	0
112. Woollen and worsted	0	0
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	2	0
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	0	1
123. Textile finishing, etc.	0	0
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	4	1
XII. Clothing	81	169
140. Tailoring	24	77
141. Dressmaking	0	41
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	54	4
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	235	171
150-162. Food	208	146
163-168. Drink	27	25
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	160	62
170. Timber	28	13
171. Furniture and upholstery	47	22
XV. Paper and printing	87	127
180. Paper and board	0	1
186,189. Printing and publishing	53	45
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	79	158
XVII. Building and contracting	1,033	29
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	181	28
210. Gas	168	28
211. Electricity	7	0
212. Water	6	0
XIX. Transport and communication	583	95
220. Railways	90	17
221,222. Road passenger transport	192	32
223. Goods transport by road	230	13
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	8	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	52	32
XX. Distributive trades	1,010	871
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	149	46
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	142	31
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	49	26
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	365	359
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	56	28
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	216	323
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	33	58
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	73	34
XXII. Public administration and defence	270	73
260. National government service	23	13
265. Local government service	247	60
XXIII. Professional services	249	281
271. Education	128	187
273. Medical and dental services	45	55
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	276	587
280,281. Entertainment and sport	51	43
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	136	352
286. Laundries	6	41
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	18	61
288. Hairdressing and manicure	17	30
290,291. Private domestic service	5	55
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	12	5

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