Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	446	12
Textiles & clothing	4,286	1,486
Wood & paper	194	3
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	698	4
High tech.	435	5
Other	170	29

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	369	23
Textiles & clothing	1,112	1,006
Wood & paper	73	0
Chemicals	32	2
Low tech	398	5
High tech.	222	1
Other	69	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	638	9
Textiles & clothing	584	925
Wood & paper	116	7
Chemicals	51	3
Low tech	452	5
High tech.	349	0
Other	241	32

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	263	85
Textiles & clothing	796	1,571
Wood & paper	74	15
Chemicals	96	18
Low tech	750	80
High tech.	583	27
Other	387	43

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,112	124
Textiles & clothing	429	1,045
Wood & paper	235	91
Chemicals	178	26
Low tech	669	87
High tech.	2,422	503
Other	146	41

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,107	272
Textiles & clothing	267	1,066
Wood & paper	128	20
Chemicals	243	70
Low tech	513	42
High tech.	4,980	988
Other	104	17

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	721	163
Textiles & clothing	1,055	1,220
Wood & paper	257	34
Chemicals	403	74
Low tech	1,728	265
High tech.	2,617	215
Other	218	30

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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