Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	148	5
Textiles & clothing	679	478
Wood & paper	160	11
Chemicals	20	1
Low tech	250	5
High tech.	331	3
Other	201	19

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	235	22
Textiles & clothing	519	776
Wood & paper	157	3
Chemicals	126	6
Low tech	450	7
High tech.	840	2
Other	195	21

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,311	186
Textiles & clothing	1,505	3,243
Wood & paper	631	117
Chemicals	981	101
Low tech	1,900	27
High tech.	3,141	19
Other	2,847	550

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,823	3,649
Textiles & clothing	3,850	12,538
Wood & paper	2,577	1,206
Chemicals	5,498	1,956
Low tech	5,513	612
High tech.	13,274	337
Other	7,568	1,560

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,514	6,800
Textiles & clothing	4,529	11,222
Wood & paper	2,230	1,254
Chemicals	6,622	3,786
Low tech	5,476	1,216
High tech.	11,117	1,705
Other	7,469	3,992

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,361	3,965
Textiles & clothing	1,813	4,572
Wood & paper	1,395	812
Chemicals	7,739	3,685
Low tech	3,859	988
High tech.	11,575	1,344
Other	3,790	2,103

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,240	2,660
Textiles & clothing	870	2,400
Wood & paper	700	300
Chemicals	3,820	1,290
Low tech	2,300	490
High tech.	6,210	1,090
Other	1,580	500

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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