Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,906	71
Textiles & clothing	10,256	7,991
Wood & paper	2,334	136
Chemicals	312	16
Low tech	2,700	74
High tech.	2,736	36
Other	3,438	328

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,134	382
Textiles & clothing	16,451	28,217
Wood & paper	4,582	472
Chemicals	1,641	84
Low tech	6,052	186
High tech.	8,390	51
Other	6,933	1,245

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,669	1,523
Textiles & clothing	17,035	25,052
Wood & paper	5,683	2,699
Chemicals	1,905	769
Low tech	7,106	252
High tech.	7,751	85
Other	17,229	7,213

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,559	6,871
Textiles & clothing	27,799	33,074
Wood & paper	5,828	4,957
Chemicals	2,949	2,086
Low tech	7,773	1,245
High tech.	7,225	161
Other	18,433	5,134

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,720	6,802
Textiles & clothing	22,972	31,695
Wood & paper	3,530	3,079
Chemicals	2,933	1,932
Low tech	5,187	849
High tech.	4,900	1,162
Other	14,689	4,677

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,258	4,626
Textiles & clothing	13,320	20,037
Wood & paper	3,750	1,789
Chemicals	4,139	1,888
Low tech	4,686	945
High tech.	7,989	698
Other	13,364	3,333

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,480	1,430
Textiles & clothing	8,490	9,590
Wood & paper	2,190	850
Chemicals	1,730	1,040
Low tech	2,990	960
High tech.	4,500	900
Other	3,610	890

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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