Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	239	14
Textiles & clothing	1,271	718
Wood & paper	129	8
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	204	3
High tech.	167	3
Other	38	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	248	15
Textiles & clothing	1,260	1,441
Wood & paper	158	1
Chemicals	15	1
Low tech	210	2
High tech.	138	0
Other	46	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	187	9
Textiles & clothing	2,156	1,348
Wood & paper	80	2
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	279	2
High tech.	141	8
Other	112	46

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	306	61
Textiles & clothing	4,930	2,998
Wood & paper	100	94
Chemicals	24	5
Low tech	598	3
High tech.	446	1
Other	276	22

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	263	22
Textiles & clothing	5,721	3,682
Wood & paper	100	152
Chemicals	18	19
Low tech	565	4
High tech.	428	18
Other	142	42

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	255	93
Textiles & clothing	6,494	4,211
Wood & paper	111	189
Chemicals	68	40
Low tech	186	20
High tech.	623	54
Other	178	149

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	508	186
Textiles & clothing	1,796	1,257
Wood & paper	247	58
Chemicals	392	102
Low tech	2,811	166
High tech.	1,642	234
Other	99	47

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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