Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	180	17
Textiles & clothing	2,501	1,168
Wood & paper	82	1
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	312	10
High tech.	183	1
Other	59	19

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	177	19
Textiles & clothing	2,184	2,423
Wood & paper	66	1
Chemicals	28	1
Low tech	212	4
High tech.	131	0
Other	109	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	189	13
Textiles & clothing	2,771	3,485
Wood & paper	68	20
Chemicals	65	90
Low tech	576	8
High tech.	399	5
Other	204	37

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	338	117
Textiles & clothing	3,269	4,922
Wood & paper	130	46
Chemicals	101	34
Low tech	1,046	24
High tech.	1,075	13
Other	463	42

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	310	58
Textiles & clothing	4,456	6,130
Wood & paper	323	180
Chemicals	156	177
Low tech	1,450	54
High tech.	3,547	273
Other	524	182

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	299	79
Textiles & clothing	4,188	5,267
Wood & paper	428	335
Chemicals	428	354
Low tech	1,117	182
High tech.	7,750	1,111
Other	551	218

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	953	353
Textiles & clothing	3,142	3,158
Wood & paper	604	134
Chemicals	867	324
Low tech	2,201	236
High tech.	6,054	677
Other	322	148

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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