Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	30	2
Textiles & clothing	220	171
Wood & paper	22	0
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	81	9
High tech.	32	1
Other	16	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	72	9
Textiles & clothing	1,093	2,410
Wood & paper	28	0
Chemicals	12	0
Low tech	136	2
High tech.	50	0
Other	18	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	102	7
Textiles & clothing	596	2,291
Wood & paper	41	1
Chemicals	78	27
Low tech	324	3
High tech.	103	3
Other	157	24

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	341	115
Textiles & clothing	605	1,278
Wood & paper	97	36
Chemicals	165	69
Low tech	1,219	83
High tech.	1,356	166
Other	542	131

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	298	40
Textiles & clothing	2,304	4,913
Wood & paper	79	76
Chemicals	29	24
Low tech	1,667	146
High tech.	1,747	245
Other	172	197

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	357	172
Textiles & clothing	1,228	2,773
Wood & paper	106	191
Chemicals	19	2
Low tech	1,600	370
High tech.	1,173	311
Other	197	156

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	399	135
Textiles & clothing	920	1,861
Wood & paper	417	300
Chemicals	262	146
Low tech	4,348	890
High tech.	3,251	512
Other	285	124

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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