1881.

VOLUME IV.

GENERAL REPORT.

Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

REPORT.

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	INTRODUCTION		1

I.	NUMBER OF THE POPULATION AND RATES OF INCREASE:
	1.	England and Wales	6
	2.	Counties	7
	3.	Urban and Rural Districts	8
	4.	Municipal and Parliamentary Boroughs	10
	5.	London and the other Great Towns	11

II.	DENSITY OF THE POPULATION AND HABITATIONS:
	1.	Density and Proximity	13
	2.	Habitations	14

III.	SEXES		15

IV.	AGES		17

V.	CONDITION AS TO MARRIAGE OR CIVIL CONDITION		23

VI.	OCCUPATIONS:
	1.	Method of Tabulation and its Difficulties	25
	2.	Female as compared with Male Occupations	29
	3.	Professional Class	30
	4.	Domestic Class	32
	5.	Commercial Class	33
	6.	Agricultural Class	36
	7.	Industrial Class	38
	8.	Unoccupied Class	49

VII.	BIRTHPLACES OF THE POPULATION:
	1.	The General Composition of the Population	50
	2.	Natives of England and Wales	50
	3.	Natives of Scotland and Ireland	52
	4.	Natives of other parts of the British Empire	55
	5.	Natives of Foreign States	56
	6.	Population of London	58

VIII.	INFIRMITIES:
	1.	The Blind	60
	2.	The Deaf and Dumb	62
	3.	The Insane	66
	4.	Sickness and other Infirmities	71

IX.	THE UNITED KINGDOM:
	1.	Population of the United Kingdom	73
	2.	Natives of the United Kingdom abroad at the time of the Census	74

X.	THE BRITISH EMPIRE		74

Appendix A.

ENGLAND AND WALES.

POPULATION, HOUSES, &c.

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Table 1.	England and Wales.—Houses and Population at each successive Census	77
Table 2.	Increase of the Inhabited Houses and Population in each intercensal period	77
Table 3.	Average Number of Persons to a Family, Persons to an Inhabited House, Families to an Inhabited House, Persons to a Square Mile, and Acres to an Inhabited House, at each successive Census	77
Table 4.	Population, exclusive of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Seamen, serving abroad estimated to the middle of each of the years 1801 to 1881	78
Table 5.	Strength of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Service abroad; the excess of Females over Males at home and abroad and over Males at home; and the proportion of Females to every 1,000 Males in England and Wales at each successive Census	78
Table 6.	Area and Population of Counties Proper at each successive Census	78
Table 7.	Area and Population of Registration Divisions and Counties at each successive Census	80
Table 8.	Increase per cent. of the Population of Registration Divisions and Counties in each Intercensal Period	82
Table 9.	Population of London, and of each Urban Sanitary District of which the Population in 1881 exceeded 50,000 persons, at each successive Census	84

SEX and AGE.

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Table 10.	Estimated Population living (1) at each year of age, and (2) at and above each year of age in the middle of the year 1881, including the natives of England and Wales serving abroad in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Service	85
Table 11.	Estimated Population living (1) at each year of age, and (2) at and above each year of age in the middle of the year 1881, excluding the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Seamen serving abroad	86
Table 12.	Estimated Population in Quinquennial, Decennial, and Vicennial periods of Age at the middle of the years 1871 and 1881, including the natives of England and Wales serving abroad in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Service	87
Table 13.	Estimated Population in Quinquennial, Decennial, and Vicennial Periods of Age at the middle of the years 1871 and 1881, excluding the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Seamen serving abroad	88
Table 14.	Enumerated Population (Persons, Males, and Females) at twelve groups of ages at each of the last Five Censuses	89
Table 15.	Proportion of Males and Females at twelve groups of ages to a Million Persons enumerated at each of the last Five Censuses	89
Table 16.	Number of Persons, Males and Females, returned as living at eleven groups of ages, at each of the last Five Censuses	90
Table 17.	Females to 1,000 Males at each of the last Five Censuses in Registration Counties, arranged in order of the proportions in 1881; and the Number of Female Births to 1,000 Male Births in each of the last Four Decades	91
Table 18.	Females to 1,000 Males at twelve groups of ages, at each of the last Five Censuses	92
Table 19.	Females to 1,000 Males in London, and in each Urban Sanitary District having a Population exceeding 50,000 Persons	92
Table 20.	Distribution by Sex and Age of the Population of Registration Counties in 1881	93

CONJUGAL CONDITION.

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Table 21.	Unmarried, Married, and Widowed in 100,000 of each Sex at each of the last Four Censuses	94
Table 22.	Unmarred, Married, and Widowed in 100,000 of each Sex aged 15 years and upwards at each of the last Four Censuses	94
Table 23.	Married Persons in 100,000 living at successive Age Periods, at each of the last Four Censuses	94
Table 24.	Unmarried, Married, and Widowed in 100,000 of each Sex living at successive Age Periods in 1881	94
Table 25.	Unmarried, Married, and Widowed in 100,000 of each Sex in Registration Counties in 1881	95

BIRTH-PLACES.

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Table 26.	Natives of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and other parts, enumerated in England and Wales, at each of the last Five Censuses	96
Table 27.	Natives of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and other parts, in 100,000 Persons, enumerated in England and Wales, at each of the last Five Censuses	96
Table 28.	Natives of England and Wales enumerated in Scotland, Ireland, the Islands in the British Seas, and in the United States, at each of the last Five Censuses	96
Table 29.	England and Wales.—Natives of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and other parts in 100,000 Persons enumerated in 1881 in each County	97
Table 30.	Amount of Migration from and into Counties Proper; with the Natural and Actual Increase or Decrease of Population in Registration Counties	98
Table 31.	Persons returned as Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and Insane, in 1,000,000 of the Population of each Registration County	99
Table 32.	Analysis of Census Statistics for Registration Counties	100

UNITED KINGDOM.

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Table 33.	United Kingdom.—Area and Population of the United Kingdom and of the Islands in the British Seas in 1881	102
Table 34.	Population of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, and of the Channel Islands at each of the last Seven Censuses	102
Table 35.	Increase or Decrease of Population in the United Kingdom in each Intercensal Period since 1821	102
Table 36.	Percentage of Population residing in the several divisions of the United Kingdom at each of the last Seven Censuses	102
Table 37.	Number and Nationality of the Officers and Men serving at Home and Abroad in the several Branches of the British Army at the time of the Census, 1881	103
Table 38.	Number and Nationality of the Officers and Men serving Abroad in the Army, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Marines at the time of the Census, 1881	103
Table 39.	Number and Nationality of Mariners serving Abroad in Foreign-trading British Merchant Vessels at the time of the Census, 1881	104
Table 40.	Ages of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Seamen in 1881	104
Table 41.	Number and Ages of Mariners serving Abroad in Foreign- trading British Merchant Vessels, at the time of the Census, 1881	104
Table 42.	Number and Nationality of Emigrants who left the United Kingdom for Places out of Europe during the Ten Years, 1871 to 1880	105
Table 43.	Summary of Returns relating to Natives of the United Kingdom residing in Foreign Countries at or about the time of of the Census, 1881	106
Table 44.	Abstract of Returns relating to Natives of the United Kingdom residing in Foreign Countries at or about the time of the Census, 1881	106
Table 45.	Distribution of Natives of the United Kingdom enumerated in the United States on 1st June 1880	111
Table 46.	Natives of the United Kingdom enumerated in the United States at each of the last Four Censuses	111

BRITISH EMPIRE.

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Table 47.	British Empire.—Area and Population of the British Empire at the Census of 1881	112
Table 48.	Area and Population of the British Colonies and Dependencies	112

APPENDIX B.

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The Census Act and Form of Householder's Schedule	113

1881 Census of England and Wales, General Report and tables (1883 lxxx (C.3797) 583),

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