Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	136	6
Textiles & clothing	411	229
Wood & paper	99	7
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	166	2
High tech.	133	2
Other	154	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	145	12
Textiles & clothing	248	331
Wood & paper	67	7
Chemicals	26	2
Low tech	152	2
High tech.	75	1
Other	63	7

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	117	9
Textiles & clothing	156	321
Wood & paper	44	5
Chemicals	21	0
Low tech	150	1
High tech.	100	1
Other	97	17

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	270	123
Textiles & clothing	303	741
Wood & paper	82	10
Chemicals	78	16
Low tech	280	11
High tech.	454	17
Other	433	87

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	361	112
Textiles & clothing	350	357
Wood & paper	117	43
Chemicals	118	29
Low tech	363	30
High tech.	1,740	210
Other	747	309

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	283	229
Textiles & clothing	64	155
Wood & paper	87	16
Chemicals	203	110
Low tech	778	167
High tech.	7,258	1,342
Other	1,481	882

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	356	213
Textiles & clothing	90	59
Wood & paper	470	70
Chemicals	779	582
Low tech	820	217
High tech.	10,629	2,629
Other	436	171

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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