Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	297	14
Textiles & clothing	1,520	1,106
Wood & paper	244	13
Chemicals	24	0
Low tech	592	14
High tech.	257	1
Other	127	20

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	273	28
Textiles & clothing	743	1,249
Wood & paper	199	4
Chemicals	36	4
Low tech	710	15
High tech.	218	1
Other	115	15

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	275	12
Textiles & clothing	508	920
Wood & paper	139	16
Chemicals	29	0
Low tech	847	5
High tech.	320	2
Other	249	74

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	467	122
Textiles & clothing	1,178	2,417
Wood & paper	187	82
Chemicals	70	5
Low tech	559	8
High tech.	472	15
Other	569	99

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	631	131
Textiles & clothing	279	839
Wood & paper	413	149
Chemicals	36	4
Low tech	1,381	34
High tech.	544	20
Other	241	37

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	754	257
Textiles & clothing	371	1,145
Wood & paper	1,155	247
Chemicals	790	55
Low tech	1,071	61
High tech.	1,348	171
Other	424	173

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,088	334
Textiles & clothing	1,065	619
Wood & paper	551	63
Chemicals	801	111
Low tech	581	49
High tech.	2,273	259
Other	353	68

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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