Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	194	8
Textiles & clothing	509	154
Wood & paper	140	16
Chemicals	12	0
Low tech	257	2
High tech.	223	1
Other	81	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	251	21
Textiles & clothing	577	715
Wood & paper	162	10
Chemicals	35	0
Low tech	306	2
High tech.	140	0
Other	165	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	255	22
Textiles & clothing	409	670
Wood & paper	116	12
Chemicals	46	2
Low tech	303	3
High tech.	208	3
Other	305	38

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	432	200
Textiles & clothing	367	1,087
Wood & paper	386	146
Chemicals	157	73
Low tech	1,048	15
High tech.	1,138	3
Other	650	78

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	583	120
Textiles & clothing	299	412
Wood & paper	441	69
Chemicals	68	11
Low tech	367	9
High tech.	715	35
Other	501	106

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	476	197
Textiles & clothing	83	222
Wood & paper	314	38
Chemicals	96	33
Low tech	397	96
High tech.	415	50
Other	630	314

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	435	182
Textiles & clothing	116	149
Wood & paper	1,709	268
Chemicals	1,109	359
Low tech	1,330	141
High tech.	2,205	360
Other	351	73

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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