1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 2 : " Industries (Minimum List) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over for Con, AC, CB, MetB, Urban Areas with population of 50,000 or more".

Show Leicestershire AdmC table	Leicester CB/MB

Industry	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total - All industries	102,111	64,996
Married women (included in Total)	0	32,269
Employers	2,194	269
Managers - general managers, directors, etc.	2,259	204
Managers - of branch or primary departments	3,353	831
Managers - of office or subsidiary departments	848	55
Operatives - in Social Classes I and II	7,355	4,821
Operatives - others	80,832	56,927
Included in Operatives - Articled clerks and apprentices.	2,420	97
Included in Operatives - Part-time workers.	401	8,605
Included in Operatives - Unpaid assistants.	43	156
Working on own account.	5,270	1,889
I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING	427	43
1. Agriculture and horticulture	417	43
2. Forestry	9	0
3. Fishing	1	0
II. MINING AND QUARRYING	55	20
10. Coal mining	26	6
11. Iron ore mining and quarrying	1	0
12. Stone quarrying and mining	20	14
13. Slate quarrying and mining	0	0
14. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits	7	0
19. Other mining and quarrying	1	0
III. CERAMICS, GLASS, CEMENT, ETC.	303	82
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	68	3
21. China and earthenware (lncl. glazed tiles)	5	0
22. Glass (other than containers)	45	39
23. Glass containers	0	0
24. Cement	4	5
29. Other non-metalliferous mining manufactures	181	35
IV. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED TRADES	714	393
30. Coke ovens and by-product works	1	0
31,33. Chemicals, dyes, explosives, fireworks	184	55
32. Pharmaceutical, toilet preparations, etc.	324	239
34. Paint and varnish	22	2
35. Soap, candles, polishes, ink, matches	155	91
36. Mineral oil refining	4	0
39. Other oils, greases, glue, etc.	24	6
V. METAL MANUFACTURE	916	59
40. Blast furnaces	3	0
41. Iron, steel melting, rolling, etc., n.e.s.	14	4
42. Iron foundries	809	49
43. Sheets and tinplate	4	1
44. Iron and steel tubes	3	1
49. Non-ferrous metals smelting, rolling, etc.	83	4
VI. ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING AND ELECTRICAL GOODS	17,651	3,521
50. Shipbuilding and ship repairing	10	0
51. Marine engineering	2	0
52. Agricultural machinery (except tractors)	30	5
53. Boilers and boilerhouse plant	15	1
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	1,132	107
55. Stationary engines	440	49
56. Textile machinery and accessories	4,749	493
58. Constructional engineering	341	12
57,69. Other non-electrical engineering	8,769	1,716
70. Electrical machinery	341	104
71. Electrical wires and cables	21	3
72. Telegraph and telephone apparatus	16	1
73. Wireless apparatus and gramophones	806	306
74. Wireless valves and electric lamps	531	582
75. Batteries and accumulators	6	7
79. Other electrical goods	442	135
VII. VEHICLES	2,432	239
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	263	21
81. Motor repairers and garage	1,719	154
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	338	61
84. Railway locomotive shops	64	0
85. Other locomotive manufacture	0	0
86. Manufacture and repair of wagons, etc.	46	3
89. Carts, perambulators, etc.	2	0
VIII. METAL GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED	1,814	531
90. Tools and cutlery	226	32
91. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, nails, etc.	263	85
92. Iron and steel forgings, n.e.s.	17	2
95. Wire and wire manufactures	6	3
94. Hollow-ware	3	2
95. Brass manufactures	65	5
99. Metal industries not elsewhere specified	1,234	402
IX. PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, JEWELLERY, ETC.	890	293
100. Scientific, etc. instruments, etc.	674	209
101. Manufacture and repair of watches, etc.	153	33
102. Jewellery; refining of precious metals	39	50
103. Musical instruments	24	1
X. TEXTILES	10,509	20,698
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	103	187
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	2	0
112. Woollen and worsted	797	1,009
113. Rayon, nylon, etc., production	7	3
114. Rayon, nylon, etc., weaving and silk	80	74
115. Linen and soft hemp	4	7
116. Jute	3	2
117. Rope, twine and net	28	21
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	7,190	18,131
119. Lace	1	8
120. Carpets	7	3
121. Narrow fabrics	506	505
122. Made-up textiles	66	95
123. Textile finishing, etc.	1,488	524
129. Other textile industries	227	129
XI. LEATHER, LEATHER GOODS AND FUR	478	96
130. Leather (tanning, dressing); fellmongery	394	63
131. Leather goods	75	22
132. Fur	9	11
XII. CLOTHING	10,247	10,809
140. Tailoring	834	1,408
141. Dressmaking	72	896
142. Overalls, shirts, underwear, etc.	67	455
143. Hats, caps and millinery	7	22
147. Dress industries not elsewhere specified	187	717
148. Manufacture of boots, shoes, etc.	8,793	7,265
149. Repair of boots and shoes	287	46
XIII. FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO	2,241	852
150. Grain milling	78	17
151. Bread and flour confectionery	868	227
152. Biscuits	107	135
153. Meat and meat products	133	24
154. Milk products	346	90
155. Sugar and glucose	0	1
156. Cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	103	77
157. Preserving of fruit and vegetables	22	40
162. Food industries not elsewhere specified	55	51
163. Brewing and malting	275	63
164. Wholesale bottling	127	44
168. Other drink industries	101	43
169. Tobacco	26	40
XIV. MANUFACTURES OF WOOD AND CORK	1,606	292
170. Timber	268	23
171. Furniture and upholstery	429	148
172. Shop and office fitting	181	8
173. Wooden containers and baskets	221	36
179. Miscellaneous wood and cork manufactures	507	77
XV. PAPER AND PRINTING	3,004	1,553
180. Paper and board	19	11
181. Wallpaper	4	0
182. Cardboard boxes, cartons, etc.	234	439
183. Manufactures of paper and board n. e. s.	30	26
186. Printing, publishing, papers, periodicals	423	47
189. Other printing, publishing, etc.	2,294	1,030
XVI. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	3,099	1,422
190. Rubber	2,479	902
191. Linoleum, leather cloth, etc.	12	2
192. Brushes and brooms	41	10
193. Toys, games and sports requisites	317	293
194. Miscellaneous stationers' goods	76	96
195. Production and printing of cinema films	0	0
199. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	174	119
XVII. BUILDING AND CONTRACTING	8,213	286
200. Building	6,935	195
201. Electric wiring and contracting	818	73
202. Civil engineering contracting	460	18
XVIII. GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER	2,307	165
210. Gas	1,231	81
211. Electricity	929	75
212. Water	147	9
XIX. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION	7,618	1,142
220. Railways	2,796	149
221. Tramway and omnibus service	1,651	211
222. Other road passenger transport	149	9
223. Goods transport by road	1,182	102
224. Sea transport	23	0
225. Port, river and canal transport	18	0
226. Harbour, dock, canal, etc. service	20	1
227. Air transport	3	0
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	1,691	629
238. Other transport and communication	68	33
239. Storage	17	8
XX. DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES	13,173	8,249
240. Dealing in coal, builders' materials, etc.	974	204
241. Dealing in other industrial materials	992	311
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	935	184
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	3,481	1,840
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	2,244	824
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	4,161	4,562
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	386	324
XXI. INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE	1,511	809
250. Insurance, banking and finance	1,511	809
XXII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE	5,269	1,297
260. National government service	2,026	673
265. Local government service	3,243	624
XXIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	4,381	5,416
270. Accountancy	637	239
271. Education	1,498	2,101
272. Law	268	254
273. Medical and dental services	1,292	2,490
274. Religion	217	70
279. Other professional and business services	469	262
XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES	3,202	6,675
280. Theatres, cinemas, etc.	287	310
281. Sport, other recreations and betting	304	98
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	1,154	3,407
286. Laundries	193	417
287. Dry cleaning, job dyeing, etc.	56	159
288. Hairdressing and manicure	294	466
290. Private domestic service (resident)	4	739
291. Private domestic service (non-resident)	226	827
299. Other services	684	252
NOT STATED AND ILL-DEFINED INDUSTRY	51	54

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