Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	173	121
Textiles & clothing	1,716	603
Wood & paper	275	1
Chemicals	6	1
Low tech	661	5
High tech.	212	1
Other	165	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	249	228
Textiles & clothing	1,451	1,975
Wood & paper	266	5
Chemicals	65	7
Low tech	664	7
High tech.	928	2
Other	183	30

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	202	108
Textiles & clothing	1,087	1,801
Wood & paper	150	10
Chemicals	70	5
Low tech	654	3
High tech.	1,556	5
Other	541	52

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	374	177
Textiles & clothing	856	1,946
Wood & paper	129	1
Chemicals	90	2
Low tech	692	3
High tech.	2,267	1
Other	412	14

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	495	70
Textiles & clothing	411	376
Wood & paper	332	2
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	271	3
High tech.	748	10
Other	182	24

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	493	75
Textiles & clothing	121	249
Wood & paper	190	9
Chemicals	747	54
Low tech	289	13
High tech.	1,040	57
Other	176	73

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	320	35
Textiles & clothing	51	85
Wood & paper	93	4
Chemicals	1,090	47
Low tech	512	48
High tech.	913	102
Other	133	18

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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