1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 3 : " Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

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INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	1,643,902	917,019
Married women (included in Total)	0	344,883
Employers	34,393	4,429
Managers	123,157	21,115
Operatives	1,409,476	871,098
Working on own account	76,876	20,377
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	1,232	305
1. Agriculture and horticulture	1,021	193
II. Mining and quarrying	1,254	626
10. Coal mining	723	415
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	531	211
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	12,252	3,196
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	914	287
24. Cement	422	196
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	27,333	17,831
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	9,979	7,432
V. Metal manufacture	7,906	2,236
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	113,013	35,159
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	7,068	440
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	2,537	589
56. Textile machinery and accessories	139	66
58. Constructional engineering	7,329	746
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	57,737	11,614
70. Electrical machinery	2,693	1,128
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	9,132	6,272
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	26,378	14,304
VII. Vehicles	30,943	4,613
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	7,308	1,171
81. Motor repairers and garages	15,560	1,220
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	4,295	1,661
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	24,481	9,906
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	25,566	8,865
X. Textiles	6,847	7,037
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	83	47
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	314	841
112. Woollen and worsted	459	353
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	1,054	686
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	731	1,252
123. Textile finishing, etc.	587	223
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	9,174	6,885
XII. Clothing	50,921	94,222
140. Tailoring	32,774	37,398
141. Dressmaking	5,793	37,708
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	6,855	2,977
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	51,732	31,400
150-162. Food	31,967	21,932
163-168. Drink	15,128	4,758
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	41,214	7,436
170. Timber	4,230	506
171. Furniture and upholstery	23,955	4,802
XV. Paper and printing	88,675	40,518
180. Paper and board	2,415	1,350
186,189. Printing and publishing	78,775	29,819
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	15,615	12,997
XVII. Building and contracting	146,445	6,819
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	39,724	4,402
210. Gas	18,082	2,060
211. Electricity	18,469	2,025
212. Water	3,173	317
XIX. Transport and communication	234,288	43,851
220. Railways	59,402	9,358
221,222. Road passenger transport	34,228	2,655
223. Goods transport by road	25,096	1,896
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	41,987	3,535
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	57,654	18,996
XX. Distributive trades	235,586	148,118
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	13,757	3,362
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	21,459	7,397
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	30,707	9,808
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	36,865	21,564
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	61,180	29,564
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	65,463	70,533
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	6,155	5,890
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	97,804	62,778
XXII. Public administration and defence	149,498	53,298
260. National government service	95,677	41,490
265. Local government service	53,821	11,808
XXIII. Professional services	110,197	124,691
271. Education	17,315	24,703
273. Medical and dental services	23,365	54,992
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	120,556	188,778
280,281. Entertainment and sport	24,202	18,576
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	58,779	92,934
286. Laundries	3,615	11,007
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	1,804	3,242
288. Hairdressing and manicure	5,372	4,993
290,291. Private domestic service	3,135	36,832
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	1,646	1,052

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

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

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