Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	227	11
Textiles & clothing	617	238
Wood & paper	171	10
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	325	5
High tech.	204	3
Other	70	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	276	22
Textiles & clothing	474	668
Wood & paper	194	24
Chemicals	20	0
Low tech	329	2
High tech.	113	0
Other	60	12

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	239	8
Textiles & clothing	221	365
Wood & paper	105	24
Chemicals	16	0
Low tech	356	2
High tech.	158	2
Other	131	25

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	250	54
Textiles & clothing	182	340
Wood & paper	98	16
Chemicals	27	4
Low tech	279	2
High tech.	540	1
Other	165	16

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	583	125
Textiles & clothing	114	98
Wood & paper	222	17
Chemicals	24	2
Low tech	120	3
High tech.	645	28
Other	107	19

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	567	201
Textiles & clothing	24	32
Wood & paper	496	71
Chemicals	130	61
Low tech	163	16
High tech.	1,182	124
Other	510	168

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	321	79
Textiles & clothing	52	36
Wood & paper	447	63
Chemicals	695	89
Low tech	445	49
High tech.	3,504	347
Other	161	33

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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