Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	133	5
Textiles & clothing	404	225
Wood & paper	97	6
Chemicals	16	1
Low tech	162	2
High tech.	130	2
Other	151	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	55	3
Textiles & clothing	81	117
Wood & paper	38	5
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	66	1
High tech.	31	0
Other	24	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	42	4
Textiles & clothing	76	93
Wood & paper	17	4
Chemicals	9	0
Low tech	57	1
High tech.	28	0
Other	35	2

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	173	52
Textiles & clothing	194	308
Wood & paper	53	4
Chemicals	51	7
Low tech	182	5
High tech.	294	7
Other	270	35

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	131	27
Textiles & clothing	171	122
Wood & paper	29	5
Chemicals	16	6
Low tech	71	2
High tech.	381	36
Other	95	24

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	92	17
Textiles & clothing	72	108
Wood & paper	57	1
Chemicals	46	31
Low tech	109	36
High tech.	507	143
Other	201	235

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	103	43
Textiles & clothing	68	77
Wood & paper	161	33
Chemicals	424	202
Low tech	516	128
High tech.	1,932	546
Other	140	77

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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