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Age and sex distribution per 1,000 of each
sex:— M. F. M. F.
0-4 50 43 73 63
5-19 195 171 254 225
20-39 359 398 331 340
40 and over 396 388 342 372
Average age 34.8 320
Marital condition per 1,000 of each sex:—
Single 545 555 524 517
Married 416 335 438 384
Widowed or divorced 39 110 38 99
Commenting on the sex and age distribution in the County of London, the
Registrar-General says:—
"The City of London and, to a lesser extent, Holborn, stand rather apart
from other Boroughs owing to the general unsuitability of their dwellings for
private family occupation. The proportion of males is above the average, there
being an actual excess in the City itself; there are few young children and the
population is above the normal as regards average age. But, notwithstanding,
the married are fewer rather than higher, proportionately, than those of other
Boroughs or of the County as a whole."

The character of population shows wide and striking contrasts, including as it
does the occupants of expensive residential flats, the migratory population in
the large hotels, the student class in the Bloomsbury boarding houses, residents