Volume 1

Census of Great Britain, 1851 : population tables, 2 Ages, civil condition, occupations, and birth-place of the people : with the numbers and ages of the blind, the deaf-and-dumb, and the inmates of workhouses, prisons, lunatic asylums, and hospitals.

  • Great Britain. General Register Office.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Census of Great Britain, 1851 : population tables, 2 Ages, civil condition, occupations, and birth-place of the people : with the numbers and ages of the blind, the deaf-and-dumb, and the inmates of workhouses, prisons, lunatic asylums, and hospitals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Page TaWe 4.—Estimated Numbers living in Great Britain at each Year of Age in 1851 - . civil Tables.—Estimated Numbers living in Great Britain at and above each Year of Age - - clviii Table G.—Estimated Nujibkrs living in England and Wales at each Year of Age in 1851 ; also the aggregate Number of Years which they have lived - - - . . clix Table 7.—PoruLAxioN of England and Wales in Quinquennial and Decennial Periods of Age, 1841 and 1851. Logarithms - ..clx Table 8.—Me.vjn'Ages of the Population of England and AVales in 1851 - - - . pJxi Table 9.—Estijiated Ages of the Portions of the Army, Navy, and Merch.vnt Seamen at Home as well as Abroad in 1821 and 1841, and Abro.u) only in 1851, who were not included in the ENUMERATED POPULATION (.]^[[ Table 10.—Proportional Nujiber of Females to 100 Males at diiferent Periods of Age in each County - . . dxiii Table 11.—Proportional Numbers of Males and Females living at different Periods of Age in each County - clxiv APPENDIX TO REPORT.—SLTMMAKY T.VBLES. Tables I., II., HI., and IV.—Ages of Males and Females in Quinquennial Periods, enumerated in Great Britain and the Isi.ands in the British Seas, and in each of the Divisions and Counties of England, Wales, and Scotland - - - - cxcii-cxcvii Table V.—Ages of Mai.es and Fejiales in the Principal Toavns of England, Wales, and Scotland in 1851 . .. . . cxcviii-cc iVofe.—Further and more detailed Tables will be found at the Commencement of each Divisional Section of the present Report, and in which the Ages of Males and Femai.es in each County, District, and Sub-district are given. § 2. CIVIL OR CONJUGAL CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE. i. Marriage and Fami I?/. Constitution of a Family. Importance of the Inquiry as to Conjugal Condition xxviii Number of Unmarried, Married, and Widowed Persons in Great Britain, Males and Females xxviii-xxix ii. Husbands and Wives. Husbands and Wives at Home and Abroad : the Proportions at different Ages. Tabic showing tlie Number of Husbands and Wives who were absent from each other, and the Proportions at diiferent Ages - xxix Proportions at different Ages of Bachelors, Spinsters, Husbands, Wives, Widowers, and Widows. Illustrative Tables and Diagrams - - xxx-xxxiii Proportional Number of Women of the Ages 20-40 married in 84 Counties xxxii-xxxiv iii. Age of Husband and Wife. The average Age of Husbands and Wives in Great Britain. Explanation of a NEW Series of Tables employed in the Analysis of tlie Conjugal Condition of the People ... . . xxxiv Relative Ages of Husbands and Wives : illustrative Tables - - xxxv iv. Equaliiij and Disparity of Age of Husband and Wife. Proportional Numbers of Husbands and Wives of equal and unequal Ages, illustrated by Tables - ..... xxxvi-xxxviii Useful Applications of the real Knowledge of the Ages of Marriage - - xxxviii V. Widowers and Widows. Comparison of the Number of Widowers and Widows with the Number of Marriages. Average Duration of Life in Widoaviiood. Proportion of Widowers and Widows to Husbands and Wives. Increase of Widows as Age advances. Deplorable Results of premature Death of THE Heads of Families - - ' - - - - xxxix-xl Comparative Mortality among Husbands and Wives - - - - xl Proportional Nnmber of Widows in England and \Scotland ; in different Counties ; in London and other English Districts ; and in Scotch Counties ........ xl-xli vi. T/ie Unmarried : Bachelors and Spinsters. Number of Bachelors and Spinsters in Great Britain - - xlii Proportion of Bachelors and Spinsters at different Ages. Distribution of Bachelors over English and Scotch Counties. Spinsters of the Age 20 and upwards - - - - - - - xlii-xliii Where Spinsters most al:)0und ..... xliii