Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Population at Ages (Quinquennial Groups) and Marital Conditions.
Age last Birthday. | Persons. | Males. | Females | Percentages. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | Single. | Married. | Widowed. | Divorced. | Total. | Single. | Married. | Widowed. | Divorced. | Males. | Females. | |||
All Ages | Sex Percentages. | |||||||||||||
38.6 | 61.4 | |||||||||||||
No. | 86,153 | 33,253 | 16,814 | 15,393 | 997 | 49 | 52,900 | 31,755 | 16,084 | 4,976 | 85 | Age Per centages. | ||
% | – | 100.0 | 50.6 | 46.3 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 60.0 | 30.4 | 9.4 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
0-4 | 4,899 | 2.480 | 2,480 | – | – | – | 2,419 | 2.419 | – | – | – | 7.5 | 4.6 | |
5-9 | 5,351 | 2,664 | 2.664 | – | – | – | 2,687 | 2,687 | – | – | – | 8.0 | 5.1 | |
10—14 | 5,437 | 2,545 | 2,545 | – | – | _ | 2,892 | 2,892 | – | – | – | 7.7 | 5.5 | |
15—19 | 6,728 | 2.569 | 2,564 | 5 | – | – | 4.159 | 4,115 | 43 | – | 1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | |
20-24 | 8,092 | 2,574 | 2,276 | 296 | 2 | – | 5,518 | 4,749 | 744 | 24 | 1 | 7-7 | 10.3 | |
25—29 | 8,293 | 2,826 | 1,474 | 1,331 | 18 | 3 | 5,467 | 3,497 | 1,874 | 88 | 8 | 8.6 | 10.3 | |
30-34 | 7,788 | 2,762 | 784 | 1,957 | 13 | 8 | 5,026 | 2,521 | 2,339 | 156 | 10 | 8.4 | 9.5 | |
35—39 | 7,197 | 2,605 | 502 | 2,060 | 36 | 7 | 4,592 | 2,017 | 2,313 | 248 | 14 | 7.9 | 8.7 | |
40-44 | 6,585 | 2,472 | 364 | 2,056 | 43 | 9 | 4,113 | 1,594 | 2,197 | 303 | 19 | 7.1 | 7.8 | |
45-49 | 6,120 | 2,330 | 328 | 1,934 | 63 | 5 | 3,790 | 1,444 | 1,908 | 428 | 10 | 7.0 | 7.2 | |
50—54 | 5,440 | 2,102 | 274 | 1,730 | 93 | 5 | 3,338 | 1,192 | 1,627 | 511 | 8 | 6.3 | 63 | |
55-59 | 4,636 | 1,773 | 193 | 1,460 | 117 | 3 | 2,863 | 967 | 1,296 | 593 | 7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | |
60-64 | 3,614 | 1,403 | 148 | 1,127 | 127 | 1 | 2,211 | 661 | 875 | 672 | 3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | |
65-69 | 2,533 | 980 | 114 | 716 | 145 | 5 | 1,553 | 434 | 481 | 636 | 2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |
70-74 | 1,728 | 641 | 62 | 432 | 146 | 1 | 1,087 | 256 | 249 | 580 | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | |
75-79 | 953 | 324 | 28 | 197 | 97 | 2 | 629 | 174 | 90 | 365 | – | 1.0 | 1.2 | |
80— 84 | 526 | 146 | 10 | 69 | 67 | – | 380 | 94 | 39 | 247 | – | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
85—89 | 177 | 46 | – | 20 | 26 | – | 131 | 26 | 7 | 98 | – | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
90—94 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | 37 | 14 | 1 | 22 | – | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
95 and over | 11 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 |