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".

Show England Dep table	Northamptonshire AdmC	Brackley RD Brackley MB Brixworth RD Burton Latimer UD Corby UD Daventry MB Daventry RD Desborough UD Higham Ferrers MB Irthlingborough UD Kettering MB/UD Kettering RD Market Harborough UD Northampton RD Northampton CB/MB Oundle UD Oundle and Thrapston RD Raunds UD Rothwell UD Rushden UD Towcester RD Wellingborough UD Wellingborough RD

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	4,889	1,054
Operatives	96,288	47,813
Working on own account	7,149	1,653
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	11,090	876
1. Agriculture and horticulture	10,757	872
II. Mining and quarrying	1,555	16
10. Coal mining	17	1
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	1,538	15
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	572	221
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	123	7
24. Cement	3	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	811	137
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	590	75
V. Metal manufacture	8,469	488
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	6,360	1,259
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	17	1
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	127	40
56. Textile machinery and accessories	5	2
58. Constructional engineering	302	2
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	5,530	846
70. Electrical machinery	43	59
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	155	24
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	181	285
VII. Vehicles	4,188	438
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	552	30
81. Motor repairers and garages	1,710	153
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	1,480	250
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	596	204
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	287	45
X. Textiles	299	258
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	3	1
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	3	3
112. Woollen and worsted	7	3
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	2	1
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	22	88
123. Textile finishing, etc.	6	4
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	3,451	775
XII. Clothing	21,474	20,855
140. Tailoring	1,121	2,915
141. Dressmaking	217	1,745
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	19,994	15,328
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	3,163	967
150-162. Food	2,137	841
163-168. Drink	1,012	125
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	1,476	171
170. Timber	247	8
171. Furniture and upholstery	424	96
XV. Paper and printing	1,592	1,634
180. Paper and board	9	9
186,189. Printing and publishing	1,235	882
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	1,061	816
XVII. Building and contracting	9,730	178
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
221,222. Road passenger transport	1,393	205
223. Goods transport by road	1,447	97
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	81	7
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	1,033	566
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
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
271. Education	1,349	2,046
273. Medical and dental services	1,311	2,677
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	4,236	6,851
280,281. Entertainment and sport	679	355
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
290,291. Private domestic service	1,073	2,648
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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