The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-14
1851 (3Ist March.)

OF houses In Great Britain according to the La I
census and that of
1851 (3lst March)
| Houses in Houses I'M Houses
habited. inhabited. BuiId'g
Great Britain and
| Island in the
British Seas. 3,675,45l l65,6O3 %, 1909
Eng'd & Wales 3,276,Y75 I52'570 Oh sS0
Scotland. ...... 376,65O 1885 SSSo
| Islands in theBrit- o
L1 ,sa Seas. ss s7.sss 1855 5,sss 60. s9s
l84l 9th June.)
Great Britain and
Islands in the
British Seas. 3,465,9sl 1929 3o.a34
Eng q. d Wales 2,943,939 1924 n 1868
Scotland. 500 1875 94)96 ocac
lslandsn theBrit-
Le 'ss ss''. as 5s7s9 ,s SO 4s sss
(lo5l 3lst March)
POPULATION.
Persons Males. Females.
Great Britain and
Islands in the
British Seas ,53l 10, 81 6e7 10, 724, S44
Engid q Wales ~ ,9O3.o3l 6,054,554 9,l5l,277
Seoasnd. ...... 2,o7O,7e4 l,363,622 1907, 1862
lslandsn thel3fit-
ISL Seas 1926 se,5ll 7e,4o5
London .."... 2,363,l4l l,l04,35G 1,25e,78
1S4l Och June.)
Great Britain and
Islands in the
British Seas. is ,655,9sl 9.O74,C42 1851, 339
Eng q. q Wales 1871 1857 7,775.224 3,I36,53
Scotland. 2,62O,ls4 1,24l 1862 l,373,322
lslandsn theBrit-
ish seas.....- l24,O4O 5755s s6,4s4
London ...... l,94s 1863 2,OOI I,O36 1903
NoTE.-The army in Great Britain, and the
navy; merchant seamen, and other persons on
board vessels in the ports, are included in the re-
turn for 1851 the navy, merchant seamen and
persons on board vessels, Were notncIuded in 1871
The apparent decrease Of houses in Scotland.
between 1o4l and 1851. is attributable to the fact
that IN Ie4l Hats or stories were reckoned in many
PAGES as 'hon es;" in the present census the more
correct definition has been employed
On these results and the mode Of taking the
census, we gather the following facts from the
Times and other papers:
The number of enumerators emp,oved in
this work on the 3lst of March was 40 600 in
England and Wales. Scotland, and the islands in
the British seas, and on board the vessels In the
ports of Great Britain, and the schedules with
which they We're furnished called for the several
important particulars not required in any preyi-
ona census, and often plac ng them in the posi-
ton OF persons engaged in the pursuit of knowl.
edge under difficulties
"Notwiths landing all these, however. the ann
merators, had, by the 9th of April, to transmit
their books, confirming all the required nformo.
tlon, together with the schedules carefully mr..
ranged, to the local registrar, and summary.
containing the name Of each parish or township.
either wholly or partly in his district the nun.
per OF sep rate occupiers, the number of houses
inhabited, unnhabited, or building, besides the
computed numbers who were in barges. boats,
barns, tents or the open air.
It shOuld be Noticed that In Erocoo 49,.
the census has been taken every five years. a
year has generally elapsed before the public have
oeen able to learn the results.
" IL Is interesting to Observe that the results
which have been obtained of this census in ten
weeks are against four months in the last GEN.
sis, and we believe il was above year before
we could learn the results of tho enumeration
in 1881.
"The decennial increase, although less than
that OF the previous ten years, proves to be
larger than most people anticipated. In spite of
the great increase of emigration during the last
few years, the population has Increased 2,2I2,-
S92 since 1911. The decennhi rate of increase
has, with one exception, steadily declined since
The beginning OF the century. In ten years end
ing 1871, the increase per cent was 1871. In
en- years, ending 1927, it was 1912; in 1891,
l4-9l; and in ls4l, ID 1S. During the last ten
years, the increase has been ONLY 1910, de-
crease Of 90 per cent in the ratio as compared
with the ten years ending 1911.
"The number Of houses does not appear to
have increased at the same rate as the popua-
ton; proof that larger proportion of the
people must be in bad condition now than in
lS4l. AT present there are 3276,975 houses
inhabited in England and Wales ten wears moo
the number was 29l3,939. The increase is less
by more than a hundred thousand than it onght
ha,a Lc,, ~ Al.
bricks, timber, glass and iron, or Of bricklavers
and carpenters; but that large proportion Of
the increased population cannot afford to nav for
additional house room. and must, therefore. in
spite of sanitary regulations, crowd together in
unwholesome dwellings.
me deceunial per centage of increase il
considerably less in favor of femalcs--a feet
winch, 1t will be remembered is not in accord
ance with the law regulating the proportion of
males and females in given number of births
This apparent anomaly is accounted for by the
great disproportion of male to female emigrants.
by the absence of large number of men from
Grent Britain in the army and navy, to which
some addition must be made from those males
who, during the last Ten years, have left their
country for their country's good" in greater
members Chan the female conyicls, and bv the
well established law of lhc greater longevity of
females
IL will be observed that Ireland is not nclnded
in that portion of the census the results of which
are now published. There is great reason 10 an
prehend that the resulis Of famine, pestiIence.
and emigration will present, in reference Z, that
country, an awful deficiency between the actual
o Mount of The population and tho number, that
would have been returned, had the ordinary rnte
Of increase been uninterrupted Those returns
we await with much interest, ss well a. tho
enumeration of our countrymen soourninp or
travelling in foreign countries, and tho numerous
brl'ish subjects in our East Indian and colonial
% ssessons.