POPULATION
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The Registrar-General's estimate of the population in the middle of each year is based on the assumption that the rate of increase which prevailed in the intercensal period im- mediately preceding, has since been maintained.
The proportion of illegitimate births to the total births in 1911 was 4 '3 per cent., having gradually diminished from 7 per cent, in 1845. In 1910 the minimum was 2*6 per cent, in Monmouthshire, and the maximum 8*8 per cent, in Anglesey. The percentage for London was 4'1. The births and deaths are exclusive of still-born.
In 1910 the proportion of male to female births was 1,040 male to 1,000 female.
Scotland.
Estimated
Year
Population at 30th J nne
Total Births
Illegitimate
Deaths
Marriages
1890
4,003,132
121,526
9,167
79,004
27,469
1900
4,436,958
131,401
8,534
82,296
32,444
1908
4,678,629
131,337
8,613
77,839
31,583
1909
4,707,858
128,582
8,840
74,594
30,092
1910
4,737,268
124,000
8,492
72,245
30,866
1911
4,749,673
121,811
8,670
71,726
31,811
Proportion of illegitimate births in 1911 7 '12 per cent., varying from 3*9 per cent, in Dumbartonshire to 14 "7 in Wigtownshire. Proportion of male to fema'e births in 1911 was 1,046 to 1,000. t^.
Ireland.
Estimated
Year
Population at 30th June
Tod: Bivlb
Illegitimate
Deaths
Marriages
1890
4,716,996
105,254
2,827
85,850
20,990
1900
4,468,501
101,459
2,702
87,606
22,311
1908
4,378,658
102,039
2,590
76,891
22,734
1909
4,379,767
102,759
2,762
74,973
22,650
1910
4,377,789
101,963
2,833
74,894
22,112
1911
4,374,584
101,758
2,801
72,475
23,473
Proportion of illegitimate births 1911 Ava:i 2-S per cent., varying from 0'7 in Connaught to 3*7 in Ulster. The proportion of mnle to female births in Ireland in 1911 was 1,064 to 1,000.
2. Emigration and Immigration.
In the thirty-eight years 1815-1852, the total number of emigrants from the United Kingdom was 3,463,592. Up to 1852 the emigration returns made no distinction betw^een British subjects and foreigners; but from 1853
