1931 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables, Table 3 : " Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)".

Show England Dep table	Dorset AdmC	Beaminster RD Blandford RD Blandford Forum MB Bridport RD Bridport MB Cerne RD Dorchester MB Dorchester RD Lyme Regis MB Poole MB Poole RD Portland UD Shaftesbury RD Shaftesbury MB Sherborne UD Sherborne RD Sturminster RD Swanage UD Wareham MB Wareham and Purbeck RD Weymouth RD Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB Wimborne and Cranborne RD Wimborne Minster UD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total in Industries (excluding persons out of work).	73,398	26,032
Out of work (not included below).	5,280	1,378
I.--Fishing.	212	2
II.--Agriculture.	13,823	667
III.--Mining and Quarrying, and Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mining and Quarry Products.      1. Mining and Quarrying.	1,692	5
2. Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mine and Quarry Products (excluding Gas Works).	96	0
IV.--Manufacture of Bricks, Pottery, Glass, etc.	1,705	156
V.--Manufacture of Chemicals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, Oils, Grease.      1, 2. Chemicals and Explosives.	1,060	51
3. White Lead, Paints, and Varnish.	8	0
4, 5. Greases, Glue, &c.	50	7
VI.--Manufacture of Metals, Machines, Implements, Conveyances, Jewellery, Watches.      1. Smelting Converting, Refining, and Rolling of Iron and Steel.	5	0
2. Extracting and Refining of Other Metals and Alloys.	1	0
3. Founding and Other Secondary Processes in Metal Working.	303	4
4. Engineering (not Marine or Electrical).	1,159	34
5. Electrical Installations, Cables, and Apparatus.	255	12
6. Construction and Repair of Vehicles.	915	43
7. Ship Building and Repairing and Marine Engineering.	190	1
8. Cutlery and Small Tools (not Machine Tools).	5	0
9. Other Metal Industries (not Precious Metals, Jewellery, or Plate).	164	14
10. Precious Metals, Jewellery, Plate.	81	6
VII.--Manufacture of Textiles and Textile Goods (not Dress); Cellulose.      1. Cotton.	4	2
2. Wool, Worsted, and Shoddy.	4	0
3. Silk, Natural and Artificial.	5	34
4. Flax, Hemp, Jute.	71	42
5, 6. Mixed Fibres and Miscellaneous Products.	429	499
7. Textile Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching, Calendering, Finishing.	2	0
VIII.--Preparation of Skins and Leather, and Manufacture of Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).      1. Furs, Skins, Leather.	12	6
2. Saddlery, Harness, Bags, Trunks, and Other Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).	65	5
IX.--Manufacture of Clothing (not Knitted).	782	1,085
X.--Manufacture of Food, Drink, Tobacco.      1. Food.	1,850	411
2. Drink.	727	79
3. Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, Snuff.	4	0
XI.--Wood Working; Manufacture of Cane and Basket Ware, Furniture, Fittings (not elsewhere enumerated).      1. Wood Working and Basket Ware.	822	31
2. Furniture (not Metal or Basket); Fittings.	276	40
XII.--Paper Making; Manufacture of Stationery and Stationery Requisites; Printing, Bookbinding, and Photography.	602	152
XIII.-- Building, Decorating, Stone and Slate Gutting and Dressing, and Contracting.	7,679	62
XIV.--Other Manufacturing Industries.      1. Rubber.	17	0
2. Musical Instruments.	38	0
3. Other Manufacturing Industries.	88	16
XV.--Gas, Water, Electricity.      510-6. Gas Works Service.	1,138	13
518-21. Water Works Service.	142	4
523-9. Electricity Supply Service.	310	5
XVI.--Transport and Communication.      1. Railways.	1,725	27
2. Road.	2,508	87
3-7. Water, Air and Other Transport and Communication.	935	14
XVII.--Commerce and Finance.      600-670. Distributive Trades.	9,363	4,034
680-699. Other Commerce and Finance.	1,152	152
XVIII.--Public Administration and Defence.      1. Defence.	6,662	63
2. Central Civil Government (British and Imperial).	1,391	364
3. Local Government.	3,182	1,465
XIX.--Professions.	2,041	2,110
XX.--Entertainments and Sport.	480	196
XXI.--Personal Service (including Hotels and Catering, but excluding Government and Local Authority).	6,929	13,995
XXII.--Other Industries or Industry not stated.	239	37

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Dorset AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1931
Finance & Business Services	1931
Manufacturing	1931
Mining	1931
Public Services	1931

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The areal classification is by each person's area of enumeration and not necessarily, therefore, by area of business.

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