Vision of Ireland | 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".

Show West Riding AdmC table	Keighley MB

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	18,544	11,466
Married women (included in Total)	0	5,734
Employers	607	68
Managers	1,014	169
Operatives	15,791	10,929
Working on own account	1,132	300
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	524	53
1. Agriculture and horticulture	522	53
II. Mining and quarrying	54	2
10. Coal mining	7	0
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	47	2
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	29	1
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	0	0
24. Cement	0	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	71	19
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	40	17
V. Metal manufacture	676	29
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	5,543	744
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	111	7
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	1,071	60
56. Textile machinery and accessories	2,907	164
58. Constructional engineering	7	0
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	1,042	94
70. Electrical machinery	38	18
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	329	383
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	38	18
VII. Vehicles	266	26
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	9	0
81. Motor repairers and garages	231	26
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	5	0
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	519	123
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	43	26
X. Textiles	3,655	5,882
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	3	2
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	25	73
112. Woollen and worsted	2,922	5,012
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	243	373
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	44	136
123. Textile finishing, etc.	380	218
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	172	215
XII. Clothing	101	249
140. Tailoring	31	54
141. Dressmaking	0	48
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	56	1
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	289	184
150-162. Food	223	179
163-168. Drink	66	4
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	187	16
170. Timber	31	0
171. Furniture and upholstery	55	15
XV. Paper and printing	298	283
180. Paper and board	28	3
186,189. Printing and publishing	169	127
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	129	23
XVII. Building and contracting	1,172	28
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	405	18
210. Gas	205	8
211. Electricity	129	8
212. Water	71	2
XIX. Transport and communication	854	101
220. Railways	233	9
221,222. Road passenger transport	277	58
223. Goods transport by road	158	5
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	12	2
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	157	23
XX. Distributive trades	1,579	1,167
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	190	32
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	115	21
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	87	16
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	500	355
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	131	76
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	495	590
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	61	77
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	224	83
XXII. Public administration and defence	640	168
260. National government service	99	75
265. Local government service	541	93
XXIII. Professional services	580	788
271. Education	142	310
273. Medical and dental services	171	351
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	530	1,238
280,281. Entertainment and sport	89	51
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	187	639
286. Laundries	46	89
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	2	18
288. Hairdressing and manicure	42	74
290,291. Private domestic service	87	349
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	4	0

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