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Westminster are shown in the Registrar-General's Report. There is
110 means of comparison with the figures for the former census, and
no details are given for any of the sub-divisions of the City. Of the
total males (84,963) 72,811 are above the age of 10 years, and of
these 63,198 are engaged in occupations; of the total females
(98,048) 85,858 are over the age of 10 years, and 46,388 are
engaged in occupations. Of the total occupied males, 12,276
(19.4 per cent.) are engaged in domestic work, indoor and outdoor;
8,275 (13 per cent.) in the conveyance of men, goods, and
messages; 7,556 (11.9 per cent.) in supplying food, tobacco, drink,
and lodging; 4,605 (7.2 per cent.) in commercial occupations; 4,571
(7.2 per cent.) in the Army and Navy; 3,750 (5.9 per cent.) in professional
occupations; 3,651 (5.7 per cent.) in building and allied
trades; 3,247 (5.l per cent.) as general labourers, street sellers, &c.;
3,010 (4.7 per cent.) in general or local government; 1,948 (3.8 per
cent.) are workers in metal; 1,731 (2'7 per cent.) are printers, bookbinders,
&c.; 1,283 (2 per cent.) are watchmakers and jewellers;
1,155 (1.8 per cent.) are furniture makers. The remaining 15 per
cent. are distributed in smaller proportions among other occupations.
Of the total occupied females, 28,954 (62.4 per cent.) are engaged
in domestic service, 7,689 (1(3.5 per cent.) as tailors, dressmakers,
&c.; 2,.74 (6.1 per cent.) in the supply of food, tobacco, drink,
and lodgings; 2,555 (5.5 per cent.) as nurses, teachers, &c.; the
remaining 9 per cent. being distributed among other occupations.
Combining males and females, it appears that of 158,669 persons
over the age of 10, 41,230 living in the City are engaged in
domestic service; 10,757 in dressmaking, and 10,430 in supplying
food, tobacco, drink, and lodging.
Nationality.—Of the 4,536,541 persons enumerated in the County
of London, 3,016,580 were natives of London; 35,421 were born in
Wales and Monmouth, being an increase of 4,129 since 1891; 56,605
in Scotland, an increase of 3,215; 60,211 in Ireland, a decrease of
6,254; and 33,350 in British Colonies or Dependencies. Persons of
foreign birth numbered 161,222, and of these 20,224 were British
subjects, 5,621 were naturalised British subjects, and 135,377 were
foreigners; an increase in the case of the last named of 40,324 since
1891.
From the accompanying II able II, it will be seen that Russians
have increased considerably, and now head the list. Austrians,
Italians, and natives of the Balkan States have also markedly
increased, although their aggregate is comparatively small.
Of the 135,377 foreigners, 79,804 are males and 55,573 females.
Natives of Russia are now the most numerous, having increased