1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 2 : " Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more".

Show England Dep table	Somerset AdmC	Bath MB/CB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	160,365	66,646
Married women (included in Total)	0	22,175
Employers	7,890	1,003
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	1,444	170
Managers - of branch or primary departments	4,325	1,615
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	427	52
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	11,873	7,387
Operatives - others	118,930	52,686
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	3,630	252
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	758	8,376
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	229	796
Working on own account.	15,476	3,733
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	25,475	2,703
1. Agriculture and horticulture	24,987	2,693
2. Forestry	464	10
3. Fishing	24	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	4,874	108
10. Coal mining	3,074	35
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	17	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	1,718	71
13. Slate quarrying and mining	1	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	45	1
19. Other mining and quarrying	19	1
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	2,146	164
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	1,041	43
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	30	23
22. Glass (other than containers)	48	53
23. Glass containers	2	0
24. Cement	11	1
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	1,014	44
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	1,326	241
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	1,062	171
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	22	5
34. Paint and varnish	100	28
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	83	29
36. Mineral oil refining	23	8
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	36	0
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	121	9
40. Blast furnaces	1	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	11	2
42. Iron foundries	76	3
43. Sheets and tinplate	1	2
44. Iron and steel tubes	4	0
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	28	2
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	7,387	1,439
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	55	1
51. Marine engineering	1	0
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	897	52
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	18	0
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	143	18
55. Stationary engines	9	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	12	11
58. Constructional engineering	1,118	75
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	3,520	435
70. Electrical machinery	256	69
71. Electrical wires and cables	38	0
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	24	3
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	286	134
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	428	259
75. Batteries and accumulators	58	18
79. Other electrical goods	524	364
VII. VEHICLES	7,668	781
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	332	28
81. Motor repairers and garage	4,476	433
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	2,361	315
84. Railway locomotive shops	79	0
85. Other locomotive manufacture	4	1
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	295	3
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	121	1
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	1,193	235
90. Tools and cutlery	71	4
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	85	33
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	188	3
95. Wire and wire manufactures	95	11
94. Hollow-ware	6	1
95. Brass manufactures	250	55
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	498	128
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	524	118
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	264	80
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	116	11
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	29	23
103. Musical instruments	115	4
X. TEXTILES	1,602	1,228
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	1	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	37	23
112. Woollen and worsted	801	516
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	1	0
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	69	178
115. Linen and soft hemp	79	4
116. Jute	0	0
117. Rope, twine and net	61	38
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	6	14
119. Lace	173	106
120. Carpets	50	90
121. Narrow fabrics	106	72
122. Made-up textiles	141	121
123. Textile finishing, etc.	4	30
129. Other textile industries	73	36
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	1,240	265
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	1,132	195
131. Leather goods	97	45
132. Fur	11	25
XII. CLOTHING	4,692	7,484
140. Tailoring	362	464
141. Dressmaking	15	424
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	340	2,031
143. Hats, caps and millinery	3	6
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	1,584	2,940
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	2,004	1,597
149. Repair of boots and shoes	384	22
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	7,360	2,989
150. Grain milling	147	17
151. Bread and flour confectionery	1,429	351
152. Biscuits	48	46
153. Meat and meat products	486	128
154. Milk products	1,746	665
155. Sugar and glucose	54	77
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	1,780	1,377
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	95	97
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	410	54
163. Brewing and malting	854	105
164. Wholesale bottling	6	3
168. Other drink industries	289	62
169. Tobacco	16	7
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	3,643	467
170. Timber	1,046	44
171. Furniture and upholstery	1,935	358
172. Shop and office fitting	51	1
173. Wooden containers and baskets	273	47
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	338	17
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	5,023	2,230
180. Paper and board	1,900	474
181. Wallpaper	6	2
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	55	124
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	196	324
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	472	91
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	2,394	1,215
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	625	372
190. Rubber	195	68
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	2	2
192. Brushes and brooms	52	29
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	106	133
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	21	52
195. Production and printing of cinema films	2	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	247	88
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	16,046	323
200. Building	14,344	276
201. Electric wiring and contracting	638	22
202. Civil engineering contracting	1,064	25
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	4,058	347
210. Gas	1,528	141
211. Electricity	2,212	200
212. Water	318	6
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	12,320	1,602
220. Railways	4,659	132
221. Tramway and omnibus service	1,727	179
222. Other road passenger transport	625	29
223. Goods transport by road	1,818	81
224. Sea transport	186	3
225. Port, river and canal transport	119	0
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	41	2
227. Air transport	54	10
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	2,882	1,143
238. Other transport and communication	92	14
239. Storage	117	9
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	15,291	11,459
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	1,725	238
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	740	93
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	901	286
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	5,251	3,532
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	1,145	265
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	4,988	6,431
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	541	614
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	2,075	769
250. Insurance, banking and finance	2,075	769
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	19,883	3,827
260. National government service	13,961	2,738
265. Local government service	5,922	1,089
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	7,640	11,078
270. Accountancy	386	183
271. Education	2,508	4,284
272. Law	600	468
273. Medical and dental services	2,575	5,458
274. Religion	851	364
279. Other professional and business services	720	321
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	7,964	16,352
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	419	379
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	466	179
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	3,152	6,540
286. Laundries	238	883
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	79	167
288. Hairdressing and manicure	427	700
290. Private domestic service (resident)	191	3,644
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	2,324	3,424
299. Other services	668	436
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	189	56

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

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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