1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 3 : " Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

Show England Dep table	Warwickshire AdmC	Alcester RD Atherstone RD Bedworth UD Birmingham CB/MB Coventry MB/CB Kenilworth UD Meriden RD Nuneaton UD/MB Royal Leamington Spa MB Rugby RD Rugby UD/MB Shipston on Stour RD Solihull MB/UD/CB Southam RD Stratford on Avon RD Stratford on Avon MB Sutton Coldfield MB Tamworth MB Tamworth RD Warwick MB Warwick RD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	640,742	308,963
Married women (included in Total)	0	139,452
Employers	11,489	1,701
Managers	31,652	6,481
Operatives	569,915	291,078
Working on own account	27,686	9,703
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	13,498	1,539
1. Agriculture and horticulture	13,329	1,538
II. Mining and quarrying	16,656	208
10. Coal mining	16,024	172
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	632	36
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	6,507	1,387
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	1,970	215
24. Cement	736	84
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	5,574	2,028
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	3,378	1,194
V. Metal manufacture	31,749	7,629
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	89,654	33,637
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	116	32
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	17,859	3,809
56. Textile machinery and accessories	284	139
58. Constructional engineering	1,702	129
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	24,027	6,392
70. Electrical machinery	20,085	6,702
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	2,282	1,801
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	23,299	14,633
VII. Vehicles	138,488	30,719
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	85,723	16,907
81. Motor repairers and garages	7,981	977
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	38,996	11,896
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	44,646	30,273
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	8,257	6,348
X. Textiles	6,343	8,066
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	92	40
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	367	1,948
112. Woollen and worsted	380	512
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	4,470	2,624
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	191	911
123. Textile finishing, etc.	46	55
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	860	1,063
XII. Clothing	3,984	7,875
140. Tailoring	1,264	2,848
141. Dressmaking	146	2,743
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	1,845	654
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	16,480	10,673
150-162. Food	13,430	9,750
163-168. Drink	2,984	882
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	8,819	2,420
170. Timber	1,125	113
171. Furniture and upholstery	3,777	1,494
XV. Paper and printing	8,877	5,827
180. Paper and board	652	281
186,189. Printing and publishing	6,841	2,972
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	13,145	7,521
XVII. Building and contracting	42,480	1,521
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	11,452	1,202
210. Gas	5,151	528
211. Electricity	5,219	577
212. Water	1,082	97
XIX. Transport and communication	38,541	9,455
220. Railways	13,456	1,188
221,222. Road passenger transport	8,435	2,843
223. Goods transport by road	6,659	601
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	832	86
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	8,375	4,386
XX. Distributive trades	53,630	45,549
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	4,658	1,108
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	3,811	939
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	3,883	1,745
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	15,651	12,991
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	8,906	4,816
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	15,123	21,463
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	1,598	2,487
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	8,796	5,699
XXII. Public administration and defence	31,408	8,314
260. National government service	15,356	4,510
265. Local government service	16,052	3,804
XXIII. Professional services	21,217	32,358
271. Education	7,071	11,624
273. Medical and dental services	6,518	16,123
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	19,320	47,451
280,281. Entertainment and sport	3,641	2,985
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	7,364	26,059
286. Laundries	906	3,804
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	262	964
288. Hairdressing and manicure	1,360	2,074
290,291. Private domestic service	2,484	9,873
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	361	201

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

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

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