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CENSUS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

1881.

(43 & 44 VICT. c. 37.)


PRELIMINARY REPORT


AND

TABLES


OF THE

POPULATION AND HOUSES


ENUMERATED IN

ENGLAND AND WALES,


AND IN

THE ISLANDS IN THE BRITISH SEAS,

On 4th April 1881.

Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.





LONDON:
PRINTED BY GEOEGE EDWARD EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

1881,

[C.—2955.] Price 1s. 6d.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION  
    UNCERTAINTY OF ESTIMATES OF POPULATION BEFORE THIS CENTURY i
    FIRST PROPOSAL TO HAVE A CENSUS IN 1753 i
    PROPOSAL FOR CENSUS IN 1753 OPPOSED AND REJECTED i
    CENSUS AGAIN PROPOSED IN 1800 ii
    FIRST CENSUS TAKEN, 1801 ii
    INCREASING DIFFICULTY IN TAKING CENSUS IN ONE DAY ii
    DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRELIMINARY AND DETAILED REPORT ii-iii
ENGLAND AND WALES:  
    TOTAL POPULATION, 4th APRIL 1881 iii
    CAUSES OF HIGH RATE OF INCREASE iii
    THE NATURAL INCREMENT iii-iv
    PERIOD IN WHICH THE POPULATION DOUBLES ITSELF iv
    PROPORTION OF MALES AND FEMALES iv
    NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND HOUSES iv-v
    RATES OF INCREASE OR DECREASE IN COUNTIES v
    URBAN AND RURAL POPULATIONS vi-vii
    PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGHS vii-viii
    THE TWENTY GREAT TOWNS viii-ix
    LONDON ix-x
UNITED KINGDOM:  
    POPULATION OF CONSTITUENT PARTS x-xi
    DECENNIAL INCREASE OF POPULATION xi.xii

TABLES.

TABLE I. ENGLAND and WALES— HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated in 1881 and 1871 1
TABLE II. ENGLAND and WALES— HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated at each of the Censuses 1801-81 1
TABLE III. ENGLAND and WALES— INCREASE of INHABITED HOUSES and of POPULATION between the successive Enumerations from 1801 to 1881 1
TABLE IV. ENGLAND and WALES— HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated in the COUNTIES in 1871 and 1881 2,3
TABLE V. ENGLAND and WALES— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION enumerated in 1871 and 1881 in the COUNTIES and in the PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS of COUNTIES 4-6
TABLE VI. LONDON— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION within various limits in 1871 and 1881 7
TABLE VIa. LONDON— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the limits of the METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120 7
TABLE VIb. LONDON— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the Divisions of the LONDON SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 8
TABLE VIc. LONDON— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the limits of the LONDON POLICE DISTRICTS 8
TABLE VId. LONDON— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881 within the TEN METROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGHS 8
TABLE VII. ENGLAND and WALES— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in the 198 PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGHS, 1871 and 1881 9-12
TABLE VIII. ENGLAND AND WALES— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1,006 URBAN SANITARY DISTRICTS, including the 39 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS 13-29
TABLE VIIIa. ENGLAND AND WALES— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in MUNICIPAL BOROUGHS not co-extensive with URBAN SANITARY DISTRICTS 29
TABLE IX. ENGLAND and WALES— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in 1871 and 1881,and ascertained INCREASE or DECREASE of POPULATION in the interval, in the ELEVEN EEGISTRATION DIVISIONS 30
TABLE X. ENGLAND and WALES— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRARS' DISTRICTS in 1871 and 1881 31-43
TABLE XI. ENGLAND and WALES— INHABITED HOUSES and POPULATION in REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS in 1871 and 1881 44-104
TABLE XII. ISLANDS in the BRITISH SEAS— Houses and Population enumerated on April 4th, 1881 105
TABLE XIII. ISLANDS in the BRITISH SEAS— Population enumerated at each of the Censuses 1821 to 1881 105
TABLE XIV. EMIGRATION— Number of Emigrants from the United Kingdom during the Ten Years 1871 to 1880 106
ALPHABETICAL INDEX 107-125

1881 Census of England and Wales, Preliminary Report and tables of population and houses for England and Wales, and in Islands in British Seas, on 4th April 1881 (1881 xcvi (C.2995) 1),

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