Vision of Britain | 1931 Census: Industry

1931 Census of England and Wales, Industry Tables, Table 3 : " Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)".

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INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
Total in Industries (excluding persons out of work).	70,180	30,033
Out of work (not included below).	5,555	1,253
I.--Fishing.	0	0
II.--Agriculture.	10,435	254
III.--Mining and Quarrying, and Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mining and Quarry Products. 1. Mining and Quarrying.	417	6
2. Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mine and Quarry Products (excluding Gas Works).	851	8
IV.--Manufacture of Bricks, Pottery, Glass, etc.	2,215	7
V.--Manufacture of Chemicals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, Oils, Grease. 1, 2. Chemicals and Explosives.	427	42
3. White Lead, Paints, and Varnish.	19	3
4, 5. Greases, Glue, &c.	97	49
VI.--Manufacture of Metals, Machines, Implements, Conveyances, Jewellery, Watches. 1. Smelting Converting, Refining, and Rolling of Iron and Steel.	6	0
2. Extracting and Refining of Other Metals and Alloys.	37	0
3. Founding and Other Secondary Processes in Metal Working.	666	18
4. Engineering (not Marine or Electrical).	5,159	737
5. Electrical Installations, Cables, and Apparatus.	865	351
6. Construction and Repair of Vehicles.	3,868	298
7. Ship Building and Repairing and Marine Engineering.	17	1
8. Cutlery and Small Tools (not Machine Tools).	16	0
9. Other Metal Industries (not Precious Metals, Jewellery, or Plate).	1,851	339
10. Precious Metals, Jewellery, Plate.	67	3
VII.--Manufacture of Textiles and Textile Goods (not Dress); Cellulose. 1. Cotton.	7	13
2. Wool, Worsted, and Shoddy.	6	3
3. Silk, Natural and Artificial.	8	3
4. Flax, Hemp, Jute.	1	0
5, 6. Mixed Fibres and Miscellaneous Products.	73	165
7. Textile Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching, Calendering, Finishing.	177	77
VIII.--Preparation of Skins and Leather, and Manufacture of Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear). 1. Furs, Skins, Leather.	264	21
2. Saddlery, Harness, Bags, Trunks, and Other Goods of Leather and Leather Substitute (not Clothing or Footwear).	63	42
IX.--Manufacture of Clothing (not Knitted).	5,414	10,555
X.--Manufacture of Food, Drink, Tobacco. 1. Food.	1,549	781
2. Drink.	525	78
3. Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, Snuff.	7	0
XI.--Wood Working; Manufacture of Cane and Basket Ware, Furniture, Fittings (not elsewhere enumerated). 1. Wood Working and Basket Ware.	820	24
2. Furniture (not Metal or Basket); Fittings.	252	140
XII.--Paper Making; Manufacture of Stationery and Stationery Requisites; Printing, Bookbinding, and Photography.	1,726	1,332
XIII.-- Building, Decorating, Stone and Slate Gutting and Dressing, and Contracting.	5,512	52
XIV.--Other Manufacturing Industries. 1. Rubber.	33	27
2. Musical Instruments.	50	2
3. Other Manufacturing Industries.	184	80
XV.--Gas, Water, Electricity. 510-6. Gas Works Service.	532	16
518-21. Water Works Service.	100	2
523-9. Electricity Supply Service.	420	23
XVI.--Transport and Communication. 1. Railways.	1,730	21
2. Road.	1,830	38
3-7. Water, Air and Other Transport and Communication.	87	5
XVII.--Commerce and Finance. 600-670. Distributive Trades.	9,070	3,259
680-699. Other Commerce and Finance.	1,041	188
XVIII.--Public Administration and Defence. 1. Defence.	1,911	45
2. Central Civil Government (British and Imperial).	880	236
3. Local Government.	3,130	1,190
XIX.--Professions.	1,471	1,322
XX.--Entertainments and Sport.	413	145
XXI.--Personal Service (including Hotels and Catering, but excluding Government and Local Authority).	3,660	7,995
XXII.--Other Industries or Industry not stated.	221	37

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Bedfordshire AdmC:

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1931
Finance & Business Services	1931
Manufacturing	1931
Mining	1931
Public Services	1931

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The areal classification is by each person's area of enumeration and not necessarily, therefore, by area of business.

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