1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 2 : " Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more".

Show England Dep table	East Sussex AdmC	Brighton CB/MB Eastbourne MB/CB Hastings MB/CB Hove UD/MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	149,528	80,542
Married women (included in Total)	0	24,966
Employers	6,530	1,318
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	1,986	344
Managers - of branch or primary departments	5,365	2,087
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	459	99
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	10,972	10,847
Operatives - others	108,321	60,635
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	3,076	323
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	1,182	9,425
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	147	536
Working on own account.	15,895	5,212
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	15,502	1,857
1. Agriculture and horticulture	14,659	1,849
2. Forestry	638	6
3. Fishing	205	2
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	500	5
10. Coal mining	3	1
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	0	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	30	1
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	69	1
19. Other mining and quarrying	398	2
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	1,539	135
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	663	13
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	42	8
22. Glass (other than containers)	101	9
23. Glass containers	19	71
24. Cement	190	4
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	524	30
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	607	657
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	0	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	105	28
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	274	465
34. Paint and varnish	75	4
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	134	158
36. Mineral oil refining	1	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	18	2
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	279	25
40. Blast furnaces	4	1
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	21	3
42. Iron foundries	234	13
43. Sheets and tinplate	3	0
44. Iron and steel tubes	0	0
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	17	8
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	6,712	2,007
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	158	2
51. Marine engineering	57	6
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	290	26
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	16	1
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	1,913	315
55. Stationary engines	18	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	1	2
58. Constructional engineering	142	6
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	1,126	232
70. Electrical machinery	2,221	818
71. Electrical wires and cables	48	114
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	27	3
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	360	126
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	43	160
75. Batteries and accumulators	63	59
79. Other electrical goods	229	137
VII. VEHICLES	6,138	544
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	768	51
81. Motor repairers and garage	4,210	404
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	145	64
84. Railway locomotive shops	627	19
85. Other locomotive manufacture	6	0
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	346	5
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	36	1
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	1,018	317
90. Tools and cutlery	92	11
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	8	8
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	153	3
95. Wire and wire manufactures	14	2
94. Hollow-ware	24	47
95. Brass manufactures	179	99
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	548	147
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	1,082	795
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	538	674
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	266	35
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	168	74
103. Musical instruments	110	12
X. TEXTILES	440	425
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	5	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	3	5
112. Woollen and worsted	7	6
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	0	2
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	6	1
115. Linen and soft hemp	84	17
116. Jute	2	2
117. Rope, twine and net	175	124
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	23	130
119. Lace	1	0
120. Carpets	10	6
121. Narrow fabrics	1	1
122. Made-up textiles	70	114
123. Textile finishing, etc.	10	2
129. Other textile industries	43	15
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	258	183
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	87	28
131. Leather goods	127	113
132. Fur	44	42
XII. CLOTHING	1,292	2,136
140. Tailoring	550	679
141. Dressmaking	24	910
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	24	207
143. Hats, caps and millinery	13	22
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	34	234
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	125	53
149. Repair of boots and shoes	522	31
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	3,835	1,571
150. Grain milling	152	54
151. Bread and flour confectionery	1,598	564
152. Biscuits	26	2
153. Meat and meat products	106	36
154. Milk products	548	197
155. Sugar and glucose	2	0
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	73	78
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	96	107
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	173	207
163. Brewing and malting	684	114
164. Wholesale bottling	128	93
168. Other drink industries	231	114
169. Tobacco	18	5
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	2,379	266
170. Timber	579	20
171. Furniture and upholstery	961	169
172. Shop and office fitting	286	19
173. Wooden containers and baskets	91	36
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	462	22
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	2,048	711
180. Paper and board	14	8
181. Wallpaper	6	2
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	14	31
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	35	41
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	587	153
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	1,392	476
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	612	627
190. Rubber	132	51
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	4	0
192. Brushes and brooms	61	7
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	120	100
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	141	170
195. Production and printing of cinema films	13	6
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	141	293
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	19,909	519
200. Building	18,038	428
201. Electric wiring and contracting	929	68
202. Civil engineering contracting	942	23
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	5,136	561
210. Gas	2,068	212
211. Electricity	2,459	316
212. Water	609	33
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	15,618	1,998
220. Railways	5,104	247
221. Tramway and omnibus service	3,559	191
222. Other road passenger transport	925	55
223. Goods transport by road	1,819	100
224. Sea transport	407	15
225. Port, river and canal transport	259	2
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	64	2
227. Air transport	7	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	3,274	1,331
238. Other transport and communication	156	47
239. Storage	44	8
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	21,465	15,157
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	2,244	428
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	965	124
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	1,189	256
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	7,621	4,471
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	1,685	413
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	6,875	8,491
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	886	974
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	3,796	1,820
250. Insurance, banking and finance	3,796	1,820
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	12,803	2,860
260. National government service	4,941	1,396
265. Local government service	7,862	1,464
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	10,141	15,814
270. Accountancy	607	276
271. Education	2,965	5,689
272. Law	795	759
273. Medical and dental services	3,660	7,608
274. Religion	822	760
279. Other professional and business services	1,292	722
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	16,214	29,374
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	895	786
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	1,072	452
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	6,557	10,652
286. Laundries	719	2,535
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	235	469
288. Hairdressing and manicure	637	1,060
290. Private domestic service (resident)	413	6,260
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	4,224	6,067
299. Other services	1,462	1,093
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	205	178

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

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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