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".

List Gloucestershire AdmC	Bristol CB/MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	132,826	62,728
Married women (included in Total)	0	22,133
Employers	2,609	417
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	1,680	135
Managers - of branch or primary departments	4,364	1,022
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	901	70
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	12,714	7,135
Operatives - others	103,634	51,911
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	3,230	180
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	390	8,129
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	56	270
Working on own account.	6,924	2,038
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	552	69
1. Agriculture and horticulture	452	50
2. Forestry	97	19
3. Fishing	3	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	96	12
10. Coal mining	20	5
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	1	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	47	2
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	22	3
19. Other mining and quarrying	6	2
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	1,085	353
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	276	19
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	307	274
22. Glass (other than containers)	158	23
23. Glass containers	2	0
24. Cement	22	12
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	320	25
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	3,369	1,436
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	1	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	1,291	199
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	215	125
34. Paint and varnish	762	475
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	334	516
36. Mineral oil refining	39	9
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	727	112
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	2,922	285
40. Blast furnaces	1	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	26	8
42. Iron foundries	327	23
43. Sheets and tinplate	5	3
44. Iron and steel tubes	110	15
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	2,453	236
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	9,658	1,560
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	1,381	43
51. Marine engineering	46	2
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	188	22
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	21	3
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	230	35
55. Stationary engines	18	3
56. Textile machinery and accessories	3	0
58. Constructional engineering	1,695	176
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	5,089	751
70. Electrical machinery	86	37
71. Electrical wires and cables	72	14
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	68	5
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	136	12
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	50	14
75. Batteries and accumulators	60	21
79. Other electrical goods	515	422
VII. VEHICLES	5,801	462
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	1,411	101
81. Motor repairers and garage	3,308	268
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	329	75
84. Railway locomotive shops	387	2
85. Other locomotive manufacture	178	5
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	150	0
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	38	11
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	1,877	454
90. Tools and cutlery	89	13
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	4	6
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	74	2
95. Wire and wire manufactures	127	17
94. Hollow-ware	488	326
95. Brass manufactures	36	5
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	1,059	85
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	507	89
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	291	68
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	119	7
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	15	10
103. Musical instruments	82	4
X. TEXTILES	593	451
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	5	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	5	7
112. Woollen and worsted	10	5
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	0	0
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	2	0
115. Linen and soft hemp	19	13
116. Jute	0	1
117. Rope, twine and net	87	84
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	8	33
119. Lace	0	0
120. Carpets	13	15
121. Narrow fabrics	3	3
122. Made-up textiles	129	229
123. Textile finishing, etc.	9	0
129. Other textile industries	303	61
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	534	186
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	471	66
131. Leather goods	49	103
132. Fur	14	17
XII. CLOTHING	1,924	3,194
140. Tailoring	774	1,641
141. Dressmaking	8	259
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	14	81
143. Hats, caps and millinery	16	55
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	107	658
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	579	445
149. Repair of boots and shoes	426	55
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	10,027	7,432
150. Grain milling	1,110	253
151. Bread and flour confectionery	1,087	483
152. Biscuits	103	85
153. Meat and meat products	210	69
154. Milk products	456	191
155. Sugar and glucose	54	4
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	344	653
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	325	661
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	1,132	256
163. Brewing and malting	814	162
164. Wholesale bottling	43	44
168. Other drink industries	498	253
169. Tobacco	3,851	4,318
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	3,545	811
170. Timber	444	49
171. Furniture and upholstery	1,414	351
172. Shop and office fitting	1,045	264
173. Wooden containers and baskets	359	68
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	283	79
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	9,321	5,779
180. Paper and board	1,823	306
181. Wallpaper	28	18
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	3,309	2,965
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	663	710
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	560	86
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	2,938	1,694
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	505	201
190. Rubber	189	60
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	9	1
192. Brushes and brooms	38	27
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	41	22
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	31	20
195. Production and printing of cinema films	3	1
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	194	70
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	13,143	351
200. Building	11,381	298
201. Electric wiring and contracting	749	33
202. Civil engineering contracting	1,013	20
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	3,580	485
210. Gas	1,655	102
211. Electricity	1,653	349
212. Water	272	34
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	20,565	2,439
220. Railways	6,048	390
221. Tramway and omnibus service	2,912	279
222. Other road passenger transport	443	20
223. Goods transport by road	1,976	141
224. Sea transport	1,245	60
225. Port, river and canal transport	2,893	35
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	1,056	73
227. Air transport	240	36
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	3,183	1,256
238. Other transport and communication	250	123
239. Storage	319	26
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	19,028	11,577
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	1,914	520
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	1,392	347
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	2,140	732
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	4,558	2,914
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	3,611	1,143
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	4,803	5,387
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	610	534
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	2,924	1,657
250. Insurance, banking and finance	2,924	1,657
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	8,755	2,644
260. National government service	3,730	1,816
265. Local government service	5,025	828
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	7,354	9,973
270. Accountancy	527	193
271. Education	2,235	3,301
272. Law	532	404
273. Medical and dental services	2,765	5,354
274. Religion	417	302
279. Other professional and business services	878	419
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	4,994	10,703
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	666	556
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	466	125
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	1,813	4,898
286. Laundries	279	915
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	211	419
288. Hairdressing and manicure	392	542
290. Private domestic service (resident)	21	1,193
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	270	1,399
299. Other services	876	656
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	167	125

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