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	East Suffolk AdmC	Aldeburgh MB Beccles MB Blything RD Bosmere and Claydon RD Bungay UD East Stow RD Eye MB Felixstowe UD Halesworth UD Hartismere RD Hoxne RD Ipswich CB/MB Leiston Cum Sizewell UD Lowestoft MB Mutford and Lothingland RD Plomesgate RD Samford RD Saxmundham UD Southwold MB Stowmarket UD Wangford RD Woodbridge RD Woodbridge UD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total in Industries (excluding persons out of work).	83,865	30,071
Out of work (not included below).	12,298	2,415
I.--Fishing.	1,878	468
II.--Agriculture.	18,905	408
III.--Mining and Quarrying, and Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mining and Quarry Products.      1. Mining and Quarrying.	83	0
2. Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mine and Quarry Products (excluding Gas Works).	164	3
IV.--Manufacture of Bricks, Pottery, Glass, etc.	267	1
V.--Manufacture of Chemicals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, Oils, Grease.      1, 2. Chemicals and Explosives.	404	47
3. White Lead, Paints, and Varnish.	142	27
4, 5. Greases, Glue, &c.	158	5
VI.--Manufacture of Metals, Machines, Implements, Conveyances, Jewellery, Watches.      1. Smelting Converting, Refining, and Rolling of Iron and Steel.	4	0
2. Extracting and Refining of Other Metals and Alloys.	124	8
3. Founding and Other Secondary Processes in Metal Working.	392	6
4. Engineering (not Marine or Electrical).	5,004	299
5. Electrical Installations, Cables, and Apparatus.	378	26
6. Construction and Repair of Vehicles.	1,636	160
7. Ship Building and Repairing and Marine Engineering.	758	16
8. Cutlery and Small Tools (not Machine Tools).	15	2
9. Other Metal Industries (not Precious Metals, Jewellery, or Plate).	352	15
10. Precious Metals, Jewellery, Plate.	90	0
VII.--Manufacture of Textiles and Textile Goods (not Dress); Cellulose.      1. Cotton.	1	1
2. Wool, Worsted, and Shoddy.	3	1
3. Silk, Natural and Artificial.	66	21
4. Flax, Hemp, Jute.	1	0
5, 6. Mixed Fibres and Miscellaneous Products.	178	349
7. Textile Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching, Calendering, Finishing.	1	1
VIII.--Preparation of Skins and Leather, and Manufacture of Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).      1. Furs, Skins, Leather.	202	43
2. Saddlery, Harness, Bags, Trunks, and Other Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).	173	68
IX.--Manufacture of Clothing (not Knitted).	1,273	2,299
X.--Manufacture of Food, Drink, Tobacco.      1. Food.	2,554	819
2. Drink.	1,080	147
3. Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, Snuff.	114	258
XI.--Wood Working; Manufacture of Cane and Basket Ware, Furniture, Fittings (not elsewhere enumerated).      1. Wood Working and Basket Ware.	917	34
2. Furniture (not Metal or Basket); Fittings.	870	104
XII.--Paper Making; Manufacture of Stationery and Stationery Requisites; Printing, Bookbinding, and Photography.	1,384	530
XIII.-- Building, Decorating, Stone and Slate Gutting and Dressing, and Contracting.	6,406	48
XIV.--Other Manufacturing Industries.      1. Rubber.	40	1
2. Musical Instruments.	61	1
3. Other Manufacturing Industries.	450	82
XV.--Gas, Water, Electricity.      510-6. Gas Works Service.	538	13
518-21. Water Works Service.	164	4
523-9. Electricity Supply Service.	564	21
XVI.--Transport and Communication.      1. Railways.	2,674	37
2. Road.	2,399	65
3-7. Water, Air and Other Transport and Communication.	1,104	14
XVII.--Commerce and Finance.      600-670. Distributive Trades.	12,005	4,802
680-699. Other Commerce and Finance.	1,337	279
XVIII.--Public Administration and Defence.      1. Defence.	2,680	24
2. Central Civil Government (British and Imperial).	1,450	374
3. Local Government.	4,237	2,073
XIX.--Professions.	1,776	2,109
XX.--Entertainments and Sport.	535	185
XXI.--Personal Service (including Hotels and Catering, but excluding Government and Local Authority).	5,647	13,755
XXII.--Other Industries or Industry not stated.	227	18

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within East Suffolk 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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