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(43 & 44 VICT. c. 37.) AND OF THE ENUMERATED IN AND IN Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. LONDON: 1881, [C.—2955.] Price
1s.
6d.
CENSUS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
1881.
PRELIMINARY REPORT
TABLES
POPULATION AND HOUSES
ENGLAND AND WALES,
THE ISLANDS IN THE BRITISH SEAS,
On 4th April 1881.
PRINTED BY GEOEGE EDWARD EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION
UNCERTAINTY OF ESTIMATES OF POPULATION BEFORE THIS CENTURY
i
FIRST PROPOSAL TO HAVE A CENSUS IN 1753
i
PROPOSAL FOR CENSUS IN 1753 OPPOSED AND REJECTED
i
CENSUS AGAIN PROPOSED IN 1800
ii
FIRST CENSUS TAKEN, 1801
ii
INCREASING DIFFICULTY IN TAKING CENSUS IN ONE DAY
ii
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRELIMINARY AND DETAILED REPORT
ii-iii
ENGLAND AND WALES:
TOTAL POPULATION, 4th APRIL 1881
iii
CAUSES OF HIGH RATE OF INCREASE
iii
THE NATURAL INCREMENT
iii-iv
PERIOD IN WHICH THE POPULATION DOUBLES ITSELF
iv
PROPORTION OF MALES AND FEMALES
iv
NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND HOUSES
iv-v
RATES OF INCREASE OR DECREASE IN COUNTIES
v
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATIONS
vi-vii
PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGHS
vii-viii
THE TWENTY GREAT TOWNS
viii-ix
LONDON
ix-x
UNITED KINGDOM:
POPULATION OF CONSTITUENT PARTS
x-xi
DECENNIAL INCREASE OF POPULATION
xi.xii
TABLES.
TABLE I.
ENGLAND and WALES—
HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated in 1881 and 1871
1
TABLE II.
ENGLAND and WALES—
HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated at each of the Censuses 1801-81
1
TABLE III.
ENGLAND and WALES—
INCREASE of INHABITED HOUSES and of POPULATION between the successive Enumerations from 1801 to 1881
1
TABLE IV.
ENGLAND and WALES—
HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated in the COUNTIES in 1871 and 1881
2,3
TABLE V.
ENGLAND and WALES—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated in 1871 and 1881 in the COUNTIES and in the PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS of COUNTIES
4-6
TABLE VI.
LONDON—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION within various limits in 1871 and 1881
7
TABLE VIa.
LONDON—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the limits of the METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120
7
TABLE VIb.
LONDON—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the Divisions of the LONDON SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT
8
TABLE VIc.
LONDON—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the limits of the LONDON POLICE DISTRICTS
8
TABLE VId.
LONDON—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the TEN METROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGHS
8
TABLE VII.
ENGLAND and WALES—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in the 198 PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGHS, 1871 and 1881
9-12
TABLE VIII.
ENGLAND AND WALES—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1,006 URBAN SANITARY DISTRICTS, including the 39 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
13-29
TABLE VIIIa.
ENGLAND AND WALES—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in MUNICIPAL BOROUGHS not co-extensive with URBAN SANITARY DISTRICTS
29
TABLE IX.
ENGLAND and WALES—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881,and ascertained INCREASE or DECREASE of POPULATION in the interval, in the ELEVEN EEGISTRATION DIVISIONS
30
TABLE X.
ENGLAND and WALES—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRARS' DISTRICTS in 1871 and 1881
31-43
TABLE XI.
ENGLAND and WALES—
INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS in 1871 and 1881
44-104
TABLE XII.
ISLANDS in the BRITISH SEAS—
Houses and Population enumerated on April 4th, 1881
105
TABLE XIII.
ISLANDS in the BRITISH SEAS—
Population enumerated at each of the Censuses 1821 to 1881
105
TABLE XIV.
EMIGRATION—
Number of Emigrants from the United Kingdom during the Ten Years 1871 to 1880
106
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
107-125