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	Bedfordshire AdmC	Bedford MB Luton CB/MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	108,555	41,532
Married women (included in Total)	0	17,913
Employers	2,757	286
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	1,090	123
Managers - of branch or primary departments	2,769	770
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	611	26
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	7,569	3,916
Operatives - others	86,957	35,003
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	2,621	110
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	380	6,169
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	53	190
Working on own account.	6,802	1,408
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	9,788	684
1. Agriculture and horticulture	9,659	684
2. Forestry	129	0
3. Fishing	0	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	337	9
10. Coal mining	1	1
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	0	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	29	1
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	304	7
19. Other mining and quarrying	3	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	5,865	227
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	4,783	179
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	6	0
22. Glass (other than containers)	15	0
23. Glass containers	0	0
24. Cement	419	8
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	642	40
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	1,509	270
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	1,283	196
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	31	15
34. Paint and varnish	101	14
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	27	6
36. Mineral oil refining	3	1
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	64	38
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	2,554	551
40. Blast furnaces	1	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	22	0
42. Iron foundries	2,406	508
43. Sheets and tinplate	0	1
44. Iron and steel tubes	52	35
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	73	7
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	11,858	4,314
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	10	0
51. Marine engineering	9	1
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	342	22
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	54	6
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	500	82
55. Stationary engines	3	1
56. Textile machinery and accessories	1	0
58. Constructional engineering	132	2
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	7,264	2,667
70. Electrical machinery	3,004	842
71. Electrical wires and cables	9	1
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	11	2
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	102	182
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	231	448
75. Batteries and accumulators	11	2
79. Other electrical goods	175	56
VII. VEHICLES	18,465	2,608
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	13,785	1,163
81. Motor repairers and garage	1,414	172
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	3,065	1,257
84. Railway locomotive shops	9	0
85. Other locomotive manufacture	136	14
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	33	0
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	23	2
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	670	242
90. Tools and cutlery	122	61
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	16	14
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	42	3
95. Wire and wire manufactures	5	3
94. Hollow-ware	38	53
95. Brass manufactures	37	3
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	410	105
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	1,772	517
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	1,680	501
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	60	13
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	6	2
103. Musical instruments	26	1
X. TEXTILES	284	397
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	1	1
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	2	5
112. Woollen and worsted	34	18
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	0	1
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	2	1
115. Linen and soft hemp	0	0
116. Jute	0	0
117. Rope, twine and net	4	0
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	29	98
119. Lace	0	6
120. Carpets	2	9
121. Narrow fabrics	40	130
122. Made-up textiles	24	39
123. Textile finishing, etc.	142	87
129. Other textile industries	4	2
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	535	165
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	450	86
131. Leather goods	55	52
132. Fur	30	27
XII. CLOTHING	2,924	6,578
140. Tailoring	360	1,055
141. Dressmaking	40	646
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	56	651
143. Hats, caps and millinery	2,087	3,721
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	60	381
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	47	100
149. Repair of boots and shoes	274	24
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	2,647	1,710
150. Grain milling	262	41
151. Bread and flour confectionery	701	195
152. Biscuits	11	29
153. Meat and meat products	98	92
154. Milk products	144	52
155. Sugar and glucose	1	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	326	812
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	30	30
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	127	67
163. Brewing and malting	554	105
164. Wholesale bottling	20	5
168. Other drink industries	98	26
169. Tobacco	275	256
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	873	104
170. Timber	252	30
171. Furniture and upholstery	142	30
172. Shop and office fitting	58	5
173. Wooden containers and baskets	56	15
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	365	24
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	2,179	1,428
180. Paper and board	6	23
181. Wallpaper	0	0
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	173	244
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	101	264
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	336	72
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	1,563	825
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	1,123	681
190. Rubber	674	325
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	6	0
192. Brushes and brooms	76	57
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	33	23
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	51	44
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	283	232
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	8,457	164
200. Building	7,454	136
201. Electric wiring and contracting	434	21
202. Civil engineering contracting	569	7
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	2,151	224
210. Gas	758	61
211. Electricity	1,221	157
212. Water	172	6
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	5,220	991
220. Railways	1,512	64
221. Tramway and omnibus service	1,078	225
222. Other road passenger transport	238	15
223. Goods transport by road	1,125	70
224. Sea transport	34	2
225. Port, river and canal transport	8	1
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	1	0
227. Air transport	125	14
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	1,022	586
238. Other transport and communication	34	13
239. Storage	43	1
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	8,558	5,960
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	980	154
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	467	48
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	429	131
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	2,729	1,851
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	922	289
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	2,766	3,215
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	265	272
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	1,210	490
250. Insurance, banking and finance	1,210	490
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	12,163	1,475
260. National government service	9,454	880
265. Local government service	2,709	595
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	3,579	4,661
270. Accountancy	230	129
271. Education	1,344	1,770
272. Law	191	190
273. Medical and dental services	1,136	2,340
274. Religion	268	59
279. Other professional and business services	410	173
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	3,758	7,059
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	203	220
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	319	59
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	1,531	3,509
286. Laundries	173	636
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	66	137
288. Hairdressing and manicure	245	383
290. Private domestic service (resident)	38	990
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	482	972
299. Other services	701	153
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	76	23

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

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

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