Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	31	1
Textiles & clothing	471	168
Wood & paper	17	0
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	74	1
High tech.	42	0
Other	11	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	57	3
Textiles & clothing	1,079	1,028
Wood & paper	26	4
Chemicals	12	1
Low tech	149	2
High tech.	83	0
Other	10	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	82	8
Textiles & clothing	688	1,119
Wood & paper	25	4
Chemicals	22	3
Low tech	387	10
High tech.	156	1
Other	174	21

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	225	73
Textiles & clothing	738	1,360
Wood & paper	69	17
Chemicals	82	15
Low tech	682	69
High tech.	519	22
Other	341	35

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	336	159
Textiles & clothing	1,559	2,792
Wood & paper	131	82
Chemicals	107	75
Low tech	1,538	95
High tech.	1,727	349
Other	454	355

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	296	92
Textiles & clothing	1,267	2,286
Wood & paper	451	120
Chemicals	1,844	1,875
Low tech	1,703	659
High tech.	4,153	986
Other	201	156

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	413	157
Textiles & clothing	1,150	1,757
Wood & paper	162	98
Chemicals	801	632
Low tech	1,616	223
High tech.	7,104	2,627
Other	245	51

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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