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 England Dep table	Hertfordshire AdmC	Baldock UD Barnet UD Berkhamsted RD Berkhamsted UD Bishops Stortford UD Braughing RD Bushey UD Cheshunt UD Chorleywood UD East Barnet UD Elstree RD Harpenden UD Hatfield RD Hemel Hempstead MB Hemel Hempstead RD Hertford MB Hertford RD Hitchin UD Hitchin RD Hoddesdon UD Letchworth UD Potters Bar UD Rickmansworth UD Royston UD Sawbridgeworth UD St Albans MB St Albans RD Stevenage UD Tring UD Ware RD Ware UD Watford UD/MB Watford RD Welwyn RD Welwyn Garden City UD

INDUSTRY	Males. [1]	Females. [2]
TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES	168,765	80,640
Married women (included in Total)	0	33,132
Employers	4,197	569
Managers	8,387	1,614
Operatives	146,327	76,223
Working on own account	9,854	2,234
I. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	12,484	1,816
1. Agriculture and horticulture	12,246	1,815
II. Mining and quarrying	425	20
10. Coal mining	15	0
11-19. Other mining and quarrying	410	20
III. Ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	1,705	304
20. Bricks and fireclay goods	111	3
24. Cement	6	0
IV. Chemicals and allied trades	4,881	3,469
30,31,33. Coke ovens, chemicals and explosives	2,992	1,498
V. Metal manufacture	2,803	511
VI. Engineering, shipbuilding and electrical goods	17,983	5,731
50,51. Shipbuilding, marine engineering	89	13
54. Machine tools and engineers' small tools	893	191
56. Textile machinery and accessories	1	4
58. Constructional engineering	424	21
52,53,55,57,69. Other mechanical engineering	7,916	1,663
70. Electrical machinery	1,023	518
73,74. Wireless apparatus, valves and lamps	1,631	603
71,72,75,79. Other electrical engineering	6,006	2,718
VII. Vehicles	15,520	2,254
80. Manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles	3,146	372
81. Motor repairers and garages	2,518	220
82,83. Manufacture of aircraft; vehicle parts	9,270	1,456
VIII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	2,271	964
IX. Precision instruments, jewellery, etc.	2,526	1,032
X. Textiles	1,814	1,911
110. Cotton spinning, doubling, etc.	4	8
111. Cotton weaving, etc.	140	313
112. Woollen and worsted	6	2
113,114. Rayon, etc. production, weaving; silk	13	10
118. Hosiery, and other knitted goods	1,277	1,254
123. Textile finishing, etc.	43	18
XI. Leather, leather goods and fur	378	233
XII. Clothing	1,623	3,540
140. Tailoring	663	1,064
141. Dressmaking	35	658
148,149. Boot and shoe making and repairing	591	182
XIII. Food, drink and tobacco	4,467	2,197
150-162. Food	3,187	1,863
163-168. Drink	1,262	328
XIV. Manufactures of wood and cork	2,703	455
170. Timber	718	33
171. Furniture and upholstery	1,326	292
XV. Paper and printing	11,929	5,073
180. Paper and board	2,112	1,082
186,189. Printing and publishing	8,156	2,297
XVI. Other manufacturing industries	3,931	2,508
XVII. Building and contracting	19,812	527
XVIII. Gas, electricity and water	4,470	512
210. Gas	1,761	220
211. Electricity	1,803	212
212. Water	906	80
XIX. Transport and communication	11,173	1,830
220. Railways	4,020	328
221,222. Road passenger transport	2,485	295
223. Goods transport by road	1,506	91
224-226. Sea transport, port service, etc.	280	49
228. Postal, telegraph, wireless communication	2,384	956
XX. Distributive trades	14,772	11,256
240. Dealing In coal, builders' materials, etc.	1,923	513
241. Dealing in other Industrial materials	993	94
242. Wholesale distribution of food and drink	701	351
243. Retail distribution of food and drink	5,116	3,653
244. Wholesale distribution of non-food goods	989	403
245. Retail distribution of non-food goods	4,506	5,517
246. Retail sales of sweets, tobacco, papers	544	725
XXI. Insurance, banking and finance	2,228	1,172
XXII. Public administration and defence	9,954	2,734
260. National government service	4,246	1,490
265. Local government service	5,708	1,244
XXIII. Professional services	9,579	13,657
271. Education	2,962	5,100
273. Medical and dental services	3,860	6,960
XXIV. Miscellaneous services	9,194	16,840
280,281. Entertainment and sport	1,290	859
285. Catering, hotels, etc.	2,701	6,396
286. Laundries	512	1,541
287. Dry cleaning. Job dyeing, etc.	99	273
288. Hairdressing and manicure	411	631
290,291. Private domestic service	2,717	6,629
Not stated and Ill-defined industry	140	94

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

Rate	Date
Agriculture	1951
Finance & Business Services	1951
Manufacturing	1951
Mining	1951
Public Services	1951

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