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".

List Middlesex AdmC	Wood Green UD/MB

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	10,302	6,105
Married women (included in Total)	0	3,075
Employers	292	31
Managers	677	188
Operatives	8,486	5,687
Working on own account	847	199
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	14	1
1. Agriculture and horticulture	13	1
II. Mining and quarrying	0	0
10. Coal mining	0	0
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	0	0
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	320	29
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	29	1
24. Cement	0	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	16	13
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	5	4
V. Metal manufacture	26	3
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	462	228
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	3	1
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	22	2
56. Textile machinery and accessories	0	0
58. Constructional engineering	10	0
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	350	99
70. Electrical machinery	1	1
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	25	107
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	51	18
VII. Vehicles	197	14
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	17	0
81. Motor repairers and garages	126	6
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	19	6
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	316	214
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	234	113
X. Textiles	17	49
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	0	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	0	0
112. Woollen and worsted	2	0
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	0	0
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	9	27
123. Textile finishing, etc.	0	0
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	38	25
XII. Clothing	172	430
140. Tailoring	93	70
141. Dressmaking	13	264
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	57	9
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	752	518
150-162. Food	741	515
163-168. Drink	3	2
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	204	72
170. Timber	5	0
171. Furniture and upholstery	111	65
XV. Paper and printing	170	46
180. Paper and board	3	1
186,189. Printing and publishing	146	31
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	196	369
XVII. Building and contracting	1,169	25
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	889	300
210. Gas	631	257
211. Electricity	252	43
212. Water	6	0
XIX. Transport and communication	1,416	150
220. Railways	357	33
221,222. Road passenger transport	718	28
223. Goods transport by road	74	3
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	8	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	253	85
XX. Distributive trades	1,592	1,533
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	230	47
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	33	7
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	53	39
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	506	356
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	94	34
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	606	960
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	70	90
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	215	77
XXII. Public administration and defence	521	131
260. National government service	87	33
265. Local government service	434	98
XXIII. Professional services	360	448
271. Education	133	258
273. Medical and dental services	84	134
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	996	1,308
280,281. Entertainment and sport	631	289
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	158	588
286. Laundries	23	126
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	12	30
288. Hairdressing and manicure	42	41
290,291. Private domestic service	14	218
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	10	9

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