Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

List Middlesex AdmC	Harrow UD/MB

Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	103,263
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	79,651
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	71,738
Retired.	7,913
Employers.	1,522
Managers.	6,561
Operatives.	59,444
Self-employed.	3,353
Unemployed.	858
I. Fishermen.	2
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	677
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	3
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	405
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	350
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	10,932
VII. Textile workers.	32
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	255
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	865
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	450
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	2,136
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	1,830
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	987
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	2,693
XV. Painters and decorators.	1,607
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	5,269
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	5,771
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	9,188
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	6,865
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	2,222
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	666
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	2,372
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	9,822
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	1,923
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	497
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	3,323
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	596
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	7,913
FEMALES: Total Population.	116,231
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	93,606
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	34,712
Retired.	58,894
Employers.	181
Managers.	846
Operatives.	32,508
Self-employed.	662
Unemployed.	515
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	34
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	908
VII. Textile workers.	73
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	62
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	1,536
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	137
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	380
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	638
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	912
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	4,061
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	3,247
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	6,183
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	12,163
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	1,015
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	2,026
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	1,337

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