Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	816	65
Textiles & clothing	4,534	3,134
Wood & paper	811	80
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	1,061	2
High tech.	520	1
Other	121	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	956	94
Textiles & clothing	3,833	4,616
Wood & paper	975	231
Chemicals	91	3
Low tech	1,440	7
High tech.	672	2
Other	186	182

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,298	126
Textiles & clothing	3,283	2,981
Wood & paper	1,548	415
Chemicals	119	4
Low tech	1,419	4
High tech.	759	0
Other	440	230

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,556	1,019
Textiles & clothing	2,443	2,768
Wood & paper	2,429	569
Chemicals	282	23
Low tech	1,240	9
High tech.	1,307	2
Other	775	59

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,838	1,269
Textiles & clothing	1,356	1,271
Wood & paper	2,501	598
Chemicals	114	17
Low tech	745	12
High tech.	1,535	69
Other	369	71

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,506	1,144
Textiles & clothing	688	1,092
Wood & paper	2,838	679
Chemicals	194	13
Low tech	605	10
High tech.	2,146	193
Other	233	74

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,330	3,126
Textiles & clothing	741	919
Wood & paper	3,306	1,030
Chemicals	68	39
Low tech	956	169
High tech.	2,480	330
Other	154	72

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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