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These changes have not been equally shared by the two sexes, for the falling off of the increase
of female immigrants has been somewhat less marked than the falling off of the increase of male
immigrants, and the falling off of the increase of males born in London has been greater than the falling
off of the increase of females born in London. The proportion of males to females is however still
increasing, although to a less extent than between 1871 and 1881. Thus, the males constituted 468.0
in every 1,000 of the London population in 1871, 470.9 in 1881, and 472.6 in 1891, or, in other words,
for every male there were 1.137 females in 1871, 1.123 in 1881, and 1.116 in 1891. The following
conclusions are indicated—
1. That immigration into London has been greatly diminished in the decade 1881-90.
2. That this reduction is greater in the case of males than of females.
3. That emigration has been greater in this decade than immigration.
Age and sex distribution.—The age distribution of the London population at the older ages was
in 1891 much the same as in former census years, but there was a decrease in the number of children
under ten years of age, due no doubt to the decrease in the birth rate referred to on page 8.

It has already been stated that the relative proportion of males to females in London is
increasing. This, however, is not the case at all age periods, for while in every 1,000 males at all
ages in London there are fewer males from 20 to 25 years in 1891 than in 1881, there are more
females at this age period per 1,000 at all ages in 1891 than in 1881. Again, if the proportion of
males at 10-15, 15-20, and 20-25 be examined, it is seen that in 1861, '71, and '81 the males at
20-25 are in larger proportion than the males at 15—20—a result undoubtedly due to migration and
almost certainly to immigration. In 1891, however, the proportion of males at 20-25 has fallen below
that of males at 15-20. In the case of females, however, the proportions at 15-20 and 20-25 are in
each of the four census years in excess of the proportion at 10—15, affording further indication that
the migration of females into London has been more sustained than that of males.

Changes of and density of populations in London sanitary districts.—Administrative London
now comprises 41 sanitary districts exclusive of the places mentioned in schedule C of the Metropolis
Local Management Act, 1855. While the total population of London has been increasing, the population
of certain of the 41 districts has been decreasing, owing mainly to these areas becoming more
commercial and less residential in character. Thus a decrease of population since 1881 has occurred
in each of the following districts—
St. George, Hanover-square Clerkenwell
Westminster, St. Margaret and St. John St. Luke
St. James, Westminster London—City
Marylebone Shoreditch
St. Pancras St. George-in-the-East
St. Giles Limehouse
St. Martin-in-the-Fields St. Saviour, Southwark
Strand Bermondsey
Holborn