Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	16	1
Textiles & clothing	34	16
Wood & paper	14	60
Chemicals	0	0
Low tech	15	0
High tech.	15	0
Other	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	25	2
Textiles & clothing	43	90
Wood & paper	38	22
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	23	1
High tech.	16	0
Other	6	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	61	8
Textiles & clothing	77	167
Wood & paper	48	9
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	53	1
High tech.	35	0
Other	66	11

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	441	203
Textiles & clothing	449	958
Wood & paper	317	207
Chemicals	167	77
Low tech	374	16
High tech.	400	7
Other	616	213

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	755	448
Textiles & clothing	306	313
Wood & paper	621	325
Chemicals	350	408
Low tech	232	13
High tech.	1,213	370
Other	1,757	712

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	862	539
Textiles & clothing	299	237
Wood & paper	269	162
Chemicals	650	417
Low tech	1,033	188
High tech.	3,464	702
Other	5,649	1,783

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	796	275
Textiles & clothing	96	228
Wood & paper	354	171
Chemicals	1,456	457
Low tech	937	257
High tech.	4,489	1,509
Other	4,686	606

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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