Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	85	10
Textiles & clothing	391	237
Wood & paper	115	0
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	376	11
High tech.	178	0
Other	59	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	93	12
Textiles & clothing	347	457
Wood & paper	79	2
Chemicals	31	0
Low tech	563	12
High tech.	266	0
Other	46	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	398	68
Textiles & clothing	890	1,699
Wood & paper	333	68
Chemicals	111	6
Low tech	1,543	47
High tech.	1,929	9
Other	1,726	98

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,858	862
Textiles & clothing	1,425	3,668
Wood & paper	984	144
Chemicals	536	52
Low tech	3,856	148
High tech.	5,630	8
Other	2,598	321

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,018	1,770
Textiles & clothing	1,326	1,962
Wood & paper	826	193
Chemicals	828	94
Low tech	3,228	373
High tech.	4,018	256
Other	2,410	626

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,305	1,967
Textiles & clothing	1,060	1,907
Wood & paper	1,469	322
Chemicals	1,762	279
Low tech	11,249	1,510
High tech.	9,138	1,645
Other	2,765	1,009

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,013	2,016
Textiles & clothing	537	560
Wood & paper	1,584	275
Chemicals	973	170
Low tech	12,657	1,496
High tech.	7,984	1,608
Other	1,111	368

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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