Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	94	4
Textiles & clothing	204	98
Wood & paper	49	65
Chemicals	10	3
Low tech	152	2
High tech.	78	3
Other	26	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	86	10
Textiles & clothing	207	344
Wood & paper	39	2
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	102	3
High tech.	67	1
Other	50	12

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	172	17
Textiles & clothing	382	623
Wood & paper	79	16
Chemicals	71	5
Low tech	236	5
High tech.	126	1
Other	290	70

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	849	419
Textiles & clothing	1,003	2,357
Wood & paper	468	201
Chemicals	403	218
Low tech	595	68
High tech.	1,871	74
Other	1,635	332

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,464	588
Textiles & clothing	2,392	2,107
Wood & paper	1,008	286
Chemicals	986	611
Low tech	1,149	361
High tech.	5,489	1,663
Other	4,462	1,001

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,606	703
Textiles & clothing	703	1,791
Wood & paper	407	129
Chemicals	932	565
Low tech	1,626	1,249
High tech.	12,736	3,983
Other	4,169	2,057

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	760	490
Textiles & clothing	380	760
Wood & paper	380	90
Chemicals	1,560	1,050
Low tech	1,710	850
High tech.	9,580	4,190
Other	1,260	570

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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