Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	123	5
Textiles & clothing	372	208
Wood & paper	90	6
Chemicals	15	1
Low tech	150	2
High tech.	122	2
Other	141	8

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	231	26
Textiles & clothing	515	561
Wood & paper	83	9
Chemicals	66	3
Low tech	262	4
High tech.	193	1
Other	140	23

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	474	46
Textiles & clothing	914	1,368
Wood & paper	187	42
Chemicals	180	14
Low tech	507	9
High tech.	473	5
Other	804	105

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,322	458
Textiles & clothing	1,409	3,234
Wood & paper	405	63
Chemicals	401	112
Low tech	1,563	37
High tech.	2,171	17
Other	2,259	228

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,334	1,105
Textiles & clothing	2,013	2,405
Wood & paper	800	291
Chemicals	957	427
Low tech	1,890	274
High tech.	4,971	941
Other	4,611	1,163

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,734	1,073
Textiles & clothing	595	1,234
Wood & paper	805	394
Chemicals	798	765
Low tech	2,617	536
High tech.	9,276	2,873
Other	4,892	3,120

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,620	1,820
Textiles & clothing	380	720
Wood & paper	1,190	680
Chemicals	2,250	1,210
Low tech	2,820	930
High tech.	13,810	5,990
Other	1,920	1,040

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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