Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	81	1
Textiles & clothing	379	390
Wood & paper	100	618
Chemicals	7	8
Low tech	72	2
High tech.	58	0
Other	3	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	133	9
Textiles & clothing	218	1,785
Wood & paper	72	0
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	52	0
High tech.	74	0
Other	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	180	9
Textiles & clothing	225	588
Wood & paper	44	1
Chemicals	2	1
Low tech	50	0
High tech.	59	0
Other	12	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	149	247
Textiles & clothing	193	2,999
Wood & paper	230	0
Chemicals	96	2
Low tech	72	0
High tech.	95	0
Other	46	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	336	320
Textiles & clothing	92	1,292
Wood & paper	172	2
Chemicals	64	0
Low tech	29	0
High tech.	92	5
Other	25	8

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	184	33
Textiles & clothing	133	230
Wood & paper	35	1
Chemicals	12	1
Low tech	15	1
High tech.	93	4
Other	39	4

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	410	70
Textiles & clothing	230	180
Wood & paper	30	0
Chemicals	10	10
Low tech	40	0
High tech.	60	0
Other	0	20

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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