Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	187	29
Textiles & clothing	3,669	1,374
Wood & paper	141	28
Chemicals	32	0
Low tech	645	12
High tech.	457	5
Other	362	136

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	473	48
Textiles & clothing	4,104	2,362
Wood & paper	156	20
Chemicals	232	3
Low tech	1,235	32
High tech.	438	3
Other	236	18

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	776	123
Textiles & clothing	3,830	4,460
Wood & paper	379	750
Chemicals	351	13
Low tech	3,200	196
High tech.	947	6
Other	1,513	300

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,147	586
Textiles & clothing	11,643	13,177
Wood & paper	635	112
Chemicals	727	46
Low tech	5,713	154
High tech.	4,683	30
Other	2,297	167

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,341	1,387
Textiles & clothing	3,314	7,225
Wood & paper	494	94
Chemicals	844	125
Low tech	4,293	758
High tech.	2,944	120
Other	1,064	612

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,818	1,833
Textiles & clothing	2,977	7,046
Wood & paper	658	190
Chemicals	1,644	446
Low tech	4,911	1,181
High tech.	5,892	710
Other	1,669	1,039

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,131	805
Textiles & clothing	7,202	5,035
Wood & paper	1,189	149
Chemicals	1,993	335
Low tech	6,511	624
High tech.	8,076	1,079
Other	822	241

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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