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PART I.
A. STATISTICS.
Population.
From further Reports issued by the Registrar·General, the following
information has been extracted and compared with former periods :—
Birthplaces of Persons enumerated at the Census.—In London, 92 per
cent, of the population were born in England as compared with 91 per
cent, in 1911, about 3 per cent, in the remainder of the British Isles,
nearly 1 per cent, in various Dominions and rather more than 3 per cent,
in foreign countries. Female immigrants from Wales, Scotland and
Ireland are in excess of those enumerated in 1911, so that the reduction
has been amongst males. The difference is particularly marked in the
case of Southern Ireland. Colonial immigrants have increased about
7,000, for while the numbers born in foreign countries have decreased by
28,000, precise comparison of aliens of European origin is rendered
difficult on account of the change of frontiers. With the exception of
Belgians, the number of nationals of countries participating in the late
war have diminished, especially so in the case of enemy countries.
Belgians, however, have increased from 2,109 in 1911 to 4,207.
Russia still claims the largest proportion of aliens, 29,668, or about
25 per cent, of the total. Poland had nearly as many, viz., 26,923;
followed by France (11,104), Italy (10,994), United States of America
(6,524), Germany (5,743), Belgium (4,207) and Holland (3,435). Germans
numbered 27,290 in 1911.