Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	289	77
Textiles & clothing	13,714	6,278
Wood & paper	334	95
Chemicals	61	3
Low tech	1,923	36
High tech.	989	4
Other	1,205	666

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	66	84
Textiles & clothing	2,769	2,743
Wood & paper	98	6
Chemicals	32	1
Low tech	482	2
High tech.	87	3
Other	84	11

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	87	38
Textiles & clothing	2,344	3,164
Wood & paper	125	10
Chemicals	31	1
Low tech	257	5
High tech.	214	3
Other	273	25

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	142	97
Textiles & clothing	1,452	1,952
Wood & paper	124	31
Chemicals	112	7
Low tech	870	33
High tech.	600	5
Other	342	14

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	160	144
Textiles & clothing	2,777	3,554
Wood & paper	252	19
Chemicals	106	5
Low tech	212	8
High tech.	439	44
Other	248	173

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	183	93
Textiles & clothing	2,876	3,299
Wood & paper	273	58
Chemicals	126	98
Low tech	491	22
High tech.	758	129
Other	148	31

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	222	83
Textiles & clothing	980	472
Wood & paper	182	27
Chemicals	317	58
Low tech	907	86
High tech.	923	135
Other	101	32

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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