1931 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables, Table 3 : " Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)".

Show England Dep table	Hertfordshire AdmC	Ashwell RD Baldock UD Barnet UD Barnet RD Berkhamsted RD Berkhamsted UD Bishops Stortford UD Buntingford RD Bushey UD Cheshunt UD Chorleywood UD East Barnet UD Hadham RD Harpenden UD Hatfield RD Hemel Hempstead MB Hemel Hempstead RD Hertford MB Hertford RD Hitchin UD Hitchin RD Hoddesdon UD Letchworth UD Rickmansworth UD Royston UD Sawbridgeworth UD St Albans MB St Albans RD Stevenage UD Tring UD Ware UD Ware RD Watford RD Watford UD/MB Welwyn RD Welwyn Garden City UD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total in Industries (excluding persons out of work).	122,623	52,924
Out of work (not included below).	8,091	2,072
I.--Fishing.	6	0
II.--Agriculture.	14,006	835
III.--Mining and Quarrying, and Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mining and Quarry Products.      1. Mining and Quarrying.	674	13
2. Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mine and Quarry Products (excluding Gas Works).	221	8
IV.--Manufacture of Bricks, Pottery, Glass, etc.	373	20
V.--Manufacture of Chemicals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, Oils, Grease.      1, 2. Chemicals and Explosives.	835	594
3. White Lead, Paints, and Varnish.	66	14
4, 5. Greases, Glue, &c.	261	242
VI.--Manufacture of Metals, Machines, Implements, Conveyances, Jewellery, Watches.      1. Smelting Converting, Refining, and Rolling of Iron and Steel.	26	0
2. Extracting and Refining of Other Metals and Alloys.	14	1
3. Founding and Other Secondary Processes in Metal Working.	1,005	32
4. Engineering (not Marine or Electrical).	2,266	268
5. Electrical Installations, Cables, and Apparatus.	1,808	752
6. Construction and Repair of Vehicles.	2,746	297
7. Ship Building and Repairing and Marine Engineering.	43	4
8. Cutlery and Small Tools (not Machine Tools).	49	11
9. Other Metal Industries (not Precious Metals, Jewellery, or Plate).	924	133
10. Precious Metals, Jewellery, Plate.	258	25
VII.--Manufacture of Textiles and Textile Goods (not Dress); Cellulose.      1. Cotton.	34	56
2. Wool, Worsted, and Shoddy.	21	10
3. Silk, Natural and Artificial.	49	72
4. Flax, Hemp, Jute.	5	0
5, 6. Mixed Fibres and Miscellaneous Products.	411	702
7. Textile Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching, Calendering, Finishing.	39	18
VIII.--Preparation of Skins and Leather, and Manufacture of Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).      1. Furs, Skins, Leather.	381	125
2. Saddlery, Harness, Bags, Trunks, and Other Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).	168	60
IX.--Manufacture of Clothing (not Knitted).	2,338	3,893
X.--Manufacture of Food, Drink, Tobacco.      1. Food.	2,695	1,273
2. Drink.	1,452	108
3. Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, Snuff.	62	17
XI.--Wood Working; Manufacture of Cane and Basket Ware, Furniture, Fittings (not elsewhere enumerated).      1. Wood Working and Basket Ware.	1,143	30
2. Furniture (not Metal or Basket); Fittings.	1,068	106
XII.--Paper Making; Manufacture of Stationery and Stationery Requisites; Printing, Bookbinding, and Photography.	7,609	4,108
XIII.-- Building, Decorating, Stone and Slate Gutting and Dressing, and Contracting.	14,894	146
XIV.--Other Manufacturing Industries.      1. Rubber.	365	88
2. Musical Instruments.	253	43
3. Other Manufacturing Industries.	1,503	1,203
XV.--Gas, Water, Electricity.      510-6. Gas Works Service.	1,254	49
518-21. Water Works Service.	637	21
523-9. Electricity Supply Service.	770	47
XVI.--Transport and Communication.      1. Railways.	6,579	434
2. Road.	3,820	115
3-7. Water, Air and Other Transport and Communication.	636	50
XVII.--Commerce and Finance.      600-670. Distributive Trades.	17,142	6,122
680-699. Other Commerce and Finance.	4,262	910
XVIII.--Public Administration and Defence.      1. Defence.	781	24
2. Central Civil Government (British and Imperial).	3,546	1,015
3. Local Government.	5,894	2,854
XIX.--Professions.	4,559	4,435
XX.--Entertainments and Sport.	1,551	470
XXI.--Personal Service (including Hotels and Catering, but excluding Government and Local Authority).	10,752	21,007
XXII.--Other Industries or Industry not stated.	369	64

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Hertfordshire AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1931
Finance & Business Services	1931
Manufacturing	1931
Mining	1931
Public Services	1931

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The areal classification is by each person's area of enumeration and not necessarily, therefore, by area of business.

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