Digest of the English census of 1871 / compiled from the official returns and edited by James Lewis.

Date:
1873
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Credit: Digest of the English census of 1871 / compiled from the official returns and edited by James Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not only the births but the deaths are not all registered. There is also no account of returning emigrants or of immigrants into the several ports of the kingdom. Registered Births, 1861-70 Begistered Deaths, 1861-70 United Kingdom. Kngland and AVales. Scotland. Ireland. 10,084,249 6 413,890 7,500,09b 4,794,498 1,121,321 705,530 1,462,832* 913,862* 3,670,359 1,674,594 2,705,598 649,742 415,791 158,226 548,970 866,626 i,o Jo, J oo 28,927,485 20,066,224 3,062,294 Q17 CKn 5,798,967 30,923,250 31,483,700 22,122,080 22,712,266 3,319,859 3,360,018 5,481,311 5,411,416 1 +560,450 + 590,186 +40,159 -69,895 Excess of Births, or Natural Increase, 1861-70 Emigration, 1861-70 Natural Increase less Emigration .... Enumei-ated Population, 1861 Population in 1871, as estimated upon the\ basis of Natural Increase less Emigration / Enumerated Population, 1871 Excess or Defect in Enumerated as compared with Estimated Population of 1871 The difference thus exhibited would, supposing the registration of births and deaths were coini^lete, represent the immigi'ation, which in Ireland was insufficient by 69,895 to replace the outflow, while 590,186 persons must have come into England, and 40,159 into Scotland during the 10 years in excess of those who went away. POPULATION OF ENGLAUD AND WALES. As the first Census was taken in 1801, no exact account of the population in the earlier periods can be obtained; but various estimates of the population were framed in those times by contemporary writers ; and series of returns of baptisms and burials have been j^reserved in many parishes since 1571. After collating the various sources of information, the following estimates have been framed, which ai'e founded on data that justify the belief that they represent approximately the population of England and Wales in the middle of each of three centuries. Middle of the Years. Estimated Pi'pulation of England and Wales. Increase of Population. 1651 1751 1851 5,466,572 6,335,840 18,109,410 869,268 11,773,570 Thus, according to the estimates, the people of England and Wales amounted to more than six millions ia 1751, and to more than eijrAfeew millions in 1851; they having increased nearly twelve millions in the hundred years ; while the increase of the numbers in the preceding century (1651-1751) was less than one million: and the numbers can scarcely be wrong either way more than half a million.f A comparison of the excess of baptisms over burials in 1801-1810 shows that the excess of baptisms over burials must be raised nearly one third part for the births of children who are not baptized to make it equal to the increase of population. The population of England and Wales enumerated on April 3rd, 1871, was 22,712,266 persons. Starting with the first Census, in 1801, our numbers have gone on increasing in the following manner : Years. Populatliin. Increase between each Census. Decennial Kate of Increase per Cent. Decenniads. 1801 8,892,536 1811 10,164,256 1,271,720 14-30 1801-11 1821 12,000,236 1,835,980 18-06 1811-21 1831 13,896,797 1,896,561 15-80 1821-31 1841 15,914,148 2,017,351 14-52 1831-41 1851 17,927,609 2,013,461 12-65 1841-51 1861 . 20,066,224 2,138,615 11-93 1851-61 1871 22,712,266 2,646,042 13-19 1861-71 * The registration of births and deaths in Ireland commenced on 1st of January, 1864, and is believed to be more defective than the i-egistration of England and Wales. In order to make up the totals of births and deaths in the 10 years for that division of the United Kingdom, it has been assumed that the birth and death-rates were the same there during the earlier years of the decade .as during the later years. t See Davenant's Works, vol. ii. p. 175-185, Ed. 1771 ; and the Tables of Baptisms, Buri.als, and Marriages in the Census Reports, 1811-1841. The facts on which the population of 1651 is estimated will be found in the Preface to the Enumeration Abstract, 1841, p. 36.