The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-24
From the London Daily News.
Facts from the Census. au

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long look editor public document just given out hy the
Census Oce Rather more than two years have elapsed
since he day selected for the last national enumeration
oi The people OF Great Britain and that period we may
assume neediul Tor the completion OF the volumes
now before u.s. Indeed, mere glance through the
books is enough 10 show that II their preparation has
been slow, the results arc very elaborate, well as III
eres sling aud valuable Every pash, OF course, finds
lis proper place The roll. with the number not only OF
lis inhabitants in 1851, bat also in each OF the past de-
cennaI periods Of The present century. The number OF
houses IN each portion OF The country is likewise gwen
with large amount OF original information illustrating
the relations OF population other circumstance
number al persons 20 house number OF children IN
families; number OF persons enjoying abundant house
Ioofn numbers subjected to dehcen house-toom and
or course, the great fact which forms the
ground work whence all lhe rest may be said to
spring, IS The total Of persons forming ts people OF
Great Britain, Inc number oil these ON The night
The census was iaAen--ihe 3lst OF March, lS3l-was
twenty millions hundred and twenty. nine
thousand nine hundred and sixty seven (2l 1867
After stating Tins chei fact resulting from The laboTs
OF The census Takers, they say with great truth:
1T is difficult 10 form any just conception OF these
large nunbes for men rarely in large masses,
and when seen their numbers seldom known. II is
only by collecting. in other cases Of measuring the
units into masses these masses into other masses, and
thas ascending progressively 10 unit comprehendng
all others that the mind aains any adequate notion OF
such multitude million OF men. Thus from hie
OF ten persons, which the eye lakes IN at view the
mind readily coDceves ten hundred or thousand To
thousand a myriad; 10 Ten myriads hundred
thousand; and to ten hundred thousand or million
arrives al CONGESTION othe tweny-one millions OF peo'
.
The night Of March 80, 1851 Another way of arriving
at this conception is by considering the numbers in rea-
ton TO space--as 4,s4O persons might stand without
crowding the $40 square yards IN acre. 3079,60O
persons would square mile equal 10 $40 acres
and The twenty millions OF people in Great Britain,
allowing square yard 10 each person, would therefore
cover seven square miles"
Doubling whether this statement conveys complete
idea OF the number OF people OF Great Britain The report
attempts another mode OF illustration Et
p The building Of the Great Exhibition in London en-
Gacr nd off
ed daily The 18th Of October 3,224 persons filled
is floor and galleries, ant could almost be surveyed by
the eye al time. Oh 100000 persons general
ton be formed by all those who witnessed this spec
tacle at the Crystal Palace il is number greater than
were ever at one time IN building covering Is acres
but somewhat less than the greatest number uO99l5)
that entered II day, October 7h. The pop
uiaton, then, of Great Britain, Including men, women,
and children, exceeds Two hundred and ven hundred
thousands and al TIE rate OF hundred thousand day
could have passed through the building 10 2ll days ;
the EDglishas they hundred and sixty mine hun
dred ihousand--in 100 days; The Welsh Ten hundred
thousand days; the Scotch, nine hundred
thousand in twenty mine days; The 1920 islanders in
the British seas in less than day and half; the o249O
soldiers and absent from the country when the
census taken 10 less than two days. / be popna-
ton OF Great Britain 1901 amounted in round numbers
10 one hundred and nine hundred thousands; and
hundred and Two of The two hundred and eleven hun
dred thousand IN 1851 or many could pass through
such place IN l02 days would the increase OF
the people OF Grea, Britain in hall century"
These two extracts give perhaps olerably vivid idea
OF the amount OF the family OF John Bull But our
numbers are lar IRON being our Chief characteristic for
when fecoect the influence days exercised by
England all over the globe the amount Of our popua-
lion absolutely nlng compared TO action
the desiinies oil the world Passing, however, from
these considerations, let note of the curosiles
OF the FIRST, have the comparative numbers
OF the sexes. Here the ladies' at once TO be in
large majority. The females exceed the males by
an half million. Excluding from calculation the
5sent from England soldiers sailors, and on, there
a'e to every hundred females traction more than ninety
i've males-the excess OF women men being in
very much the same proportion II was al the census
Just hall century ago. Oi The children born alive the
number Of boys considerably exceeds the number OF
girls-l04 boys being born TO 100 gits Thsfact, com
pared with The mentioned just before H. tends show
how much greater the rex OF early death, removal
beyond the seas, among males than females. The dis
parity Of the sexes IS greatest, Il seems, in Scotland
The OF increase Of population during the half
fury has been nearly 93i per cent 1t Is shown (says
the repor) that the haiti OF generation oil men, OF all
ages passes way in hy years and that than three
in every four Of their number die in bali century The
English population owing 10 lis rapid increase contains
excessive number 81 children and young people and
Will live longer Than generation normally constituted.
Al The present rates OF mortality lew OF the present
generation "a few, only Of twenty millons) will
live century, and survive the year 1851" The estimate
Is, thai nearly tive millions OF those living will
vve for y years aud see the advent Of the twentielb
century What an experience OF human progress is like
Iy 10 be theirs 4
Judging BY the last half century, and supposing the
past rate Of increase 10 be maintained, The population Of
Great Britain will double tseii every hy-two years
Should present prosperity continue, the necessities
Of lite remain abundant, and labor meet ready market
Deal rtDuhcfaOns our NUMBERS VIII undoubtedly
be doubled % shorter perod-proyded always fatal
ohoeras or other peseLcrs step in to spread untmely
death through the land The numbers OF the populs
ton are Increased by abundance az the necesaes OF
life, and reduced by iamines, epidemcs and public ca
lsmles affecting the TODD, industry, and life OF the
uon. The pettieuces Of the middle ages The famine he
iRHuenza, aud Tie cholera OF modern tunes, examples
OF one class oil these agencies the security and freedom
which hgIsnd has lately enjoyed examples OF The
beneficial effect OF another class OF influences only
the happiness OF The people, bat also the numbers
which the country can sustain al home, and send
abroad TO cultivate, Tossess and inherit other ands" Il
The hrsi, most intimate and perhaps most important
community II the family not cousijered the children
oil one parent but as The persons under one bead who
s the occupier Of the house, the householder master
husband, father; willie the other members OF the lam
iy the wife, children servants relatives, visitors
and persons constantly accidentally in the house The
bead OF the family supports and rules the fanilyoccu
pies the house Family, in the which il has &C
qoired IN England, may be considered The social unit OF
which parishes, towns, counties, and the nation
posed. Bu IN s essential sense family, though gen
orally COMPOSED oil The several members described above
may CONSIST only OF widoweT, children, and servants
bachelor and servants or, finally, OF single wo
man, Occupying small cottage. MIR Rckman adyetts
10 The difficulty OF defining, ia an act Of Parliament the
degTeeOf conneKon between The head ol iamily and
dodgers who reside under the root and that
the overseers schoomas'ers who look the census
usol-ll2-'3) were informed that those " no use the
same kitchen and board log ether be deemed
osts OF the same family But he proceeds say,
htn remains the question whether single person in
nso,nng house solely, lodging. but boarding. in
s aii mans house, ~ 10 be deemed family. This
sus uhy OF an unsatisfactory reply, that II cannot
" so and by this negative paralogism is decided