Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	357	22
Textiles & clothing	919	404
Wood & paper	230	16
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	375	12
High tech.	299	3
Other	96	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	458	38
Textiles & clothing	646	765
Wood & paper	272	30
Chemicals	38	2
Low tech	404	3
High tech.	210	0
Other	79	10

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	351	29
Textiles & clothing	398	533
Wood & paper	203	40
Chemicals	27	0
Low tech	466	5
High tech.	225	2
Other	307	23

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	426	95
Textiles & clothing	293	669
Wood & paper	170	12
Chemicals	30	3
Low tech	500	3
High tech.	396	2
Other	288	25

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	472	85
Textiles & clothing	168	159
Wood & paper	663	162
Chemicals	24	2
Low tech	300	10
High tech.	597	20
Other	591	219

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	509	166
Textiles & clothing	60	105
Wood & paper	1,359	199
Chemicals	923	165
Low tech	124	22
High tech.	1,362	324
Other	681	212

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	333	91
Textiles & clothing	119	60
Wood & paper	727	87
Chemicals	394	129
Low tech	1,383	204
High tech.	4,289	759
Other	417	154

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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