The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-21
The Censas OF Great Britain Of 1851.
TRn AGES, CIVIL CONDITION, AND OCCUPATIONS o.
THE PE0PLE.

The oficisl population tables Of the census a
March 3lst 1851 at length completed BY the re-
cent publication Of two bulky folio Volumes full Of
cages, civil Condition. a occupations and brsholscss
OF the people; with the number and ages OF the blind,
the deaf and dumb, and the inmates Of workhouses,
prisons, iunatc asylums, and hospitals" These
and colcrtd map, showing the distributicn Of ia
occupations Of the people OF Great Britain aud pre-
coded by an elaborate report Opp. cxx.) signed by
George Graham, registrar general, and by William
FAIR and Horace Mann, his assistants in the matter
OF the census. We shall select 0 few Of the most
striking passages from this report
In 1921 and 1881, the number Of males under 20
years Of age and the number Of 20 years Of ago ana
upwards, were nearly equal and this proportion has
sumed that the males Of the ages Of 20 and upwards
are equal in number to one-fourth of the whole po-
puaton. The census Of 1851 reveals very difEArent
state OF thingr; for. even II the army, navy, and
merchant seamcn abroad are omitted, the males in
Great Britain Of 20 years OF age md up wards
(5475,540) exceed the males under 20 years Of asa
H77e,3lSl by ss6,227. OF the I4.442,s0l peopIA
nvSg N ISL G,9sl Oss were under 20 years Of age,
while Of the 2l,ls5,olO living in 1851, The
numbers under 20 years Of age were 9,5SS, ll4.
and the numbers Of tho age of 40
year, ears and az y. upwards were 1926 SOC. The
wards in 1851 exceeds tie number under the age or
20 BY 2O6e 7s2. II II BE- assumed that the popuation
under TIE age OF 10 yea and the great bulk Of tho
poPu;stion Of the age Of 20 and upwards are chiefly
the middle periods Of le extending from tae age a
20 10 that 81 GO, 1t viii follow that ibls2l the $751;
99l persons of2the tSo middle ages sustained 1885,
aoS enld5sn aud Sd persons or Ss per cent Of thar
tives BY age ga per cent) were sustained by 10
296 Of the effective population. Tested BY thsee
facts the strength Of the nation has increased Ater
than it, numbers. Tho chance Of living through Q
gwen year increases from birth to the age OF Il OF
-; decreases to the sgc OF 55s at stghtty accs-
rating rate, afttx which the vitality declines 6
much moro rapid rate. The numbers living at ths
ages Is SO (extending to the extreme Limits Of III
slowly is G6i 7sl males, 1868 Ill females. fho
numbers living Of the ages after S. arc 997 626 males
aud Al2 females. Great Britain In 1861, con-
sasS y saS n ssdsss q ys
2aSe,oes; boys go is ysHsl !. la, e3a; sds {l0lS
naidens Us 20 ycais) 1,o4s lo4; young men (2es0
ss men e midas G sss s{sS ysanS
men Of middle ago (3o-6o ycars) 2,AS2 1882. Al tho
last ccnku., Ill men and 2os women have bsen NJ
turned OF ages ranging from IoofolIls yearA Ifl00r
numbered At equal intervals on the journey through
life it Is found that accordipg TO the present mfal-
ty In England &C 06I enter the age Of 20 1874 enter
that Of 40; s79ss enter that Of CO., only 1882 enter
the age Of 8ccor equently 33,939 never reach III
CO; 90 sis never see SO; and es,ses Of the 100000
never attain the age Of 100 years Ths mean life
hive after birth, In England is rather more than -
years. The mean sge Of the male population -
Great itain, in 1851 Ia 1857 years. II was 2s.49
years in 1S4l, and 20 years in 1921. The poo0aa
ton 10 now younger than 1t would be by the laNsna
standard owing to the increase Of births within thA
last hundred years, which hes been 70 large thea =
msy be questioned whether the people 81 any coua-
try IN Europe are 20 young the people Of
az Scotland. One practical consequence L.. max
shboueh tho births and mortality Ia Gceat hitaia
were V remain stat.oQsyy, The popelssioa VII 9