Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Industry

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".

List Staffordshire AdmC	Burton upon Trent CB/MB

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	17,973	7,323
Married women (included in Total)	0	2,968
Employers	297	44
Managers	732	182
Operatives	16,296	6,815
Working on own account	648	282
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	100	8
1. Agriculture and horticulture	100	8
II. Mining and quarrying	16	3
10. Coal mining	15	1
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	1	2
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	91	47
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	2	0
24. Cement	0	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	53	22
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	11	3
V. Metal manufacture	503	45
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	1,387	145
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	6	0
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	5	0
56. Textile machinery and accessories	403	83
58. Constructional engineering	209	2
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	734	60
70. Electrical machinery	0	0
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	15	0
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	15	0
VII. Vehicles	463	40
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	29	4
81. Motor repairers and garages	216	29
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	13	1
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	242	159
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	15	0
X. Textiles	35	417
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	0	0
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	0	2
112. Woollen and worsted	0	2
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	0	0
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	18	232
123. Textile finishing, etc.	0	0
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	6	3
XII. Clothing	236	383
140. Tailoring	29	89
141. Dressmaking	0	18
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	206	271
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	5,524	972
150-162. Food	477	290
163-168. Drink	5,046	682
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	902	199
170. Timber	603	155
171. Furniture and upholstery	47	8
XV. Paper and printing	220	249
180. Paper and board	6	2
186,189. Printing and publishing	179	156
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	839	487
XVII. Building and contracting	1,398	45
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	529	40
210. Gas	199	17
211. Electricity	292	23
212. Water	38	0
XIX. Transport and communication	1,840	225
220. Railways	1,271	28
221,222. Road passenger transport	151	67
223. Goods transport by road	187	8
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	8	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	201	115
XX. Distributive trades	1,646	1,559
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	155	34
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	66	8
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	115	61
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	548	456
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	145	62
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	583	854
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	34	84
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	233	92
XXII. Public administration and defence	738	249
260. National government service	218	126
265. Local government service	520	123
XXIII. Professional services	588	973
271. Education	205	309
273. Medical and dental services	207	562
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	364	955
280,281. Entertainment and sport	42	66
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	166	494
286. Laundries	18	52
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	1	15
288. Hairdressing and manicure	42	68
290,291. Private domestic service	29	226
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	5	6

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