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London County Council 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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APPENDIX C
STATISTICS (a)

Table 1— Population (b)—Administrative County of London,1901-55

YearMid-year (c) estimate of population by the Registrar-General by age groupsAverage age (years)
Total0-45-1415-2425-4445-6465+
19014,536,500495,600862,300919,7001,400,200673,200185,50027.7
19114,521,700467,400835,600834,5001,423,100740,100221,00028.9
19214,484,500376,100809,200796,6001,365,500877,100260,00030.8
19314,374,300297,700646,700827,9401,330,200951,000320,76033.4
19384,062,800249,300538,600709,7001,291,200927,300346,70034.8
19394,013,000211,900457,5003,343,600
19403,084,100141,300232,5002,710,300
19412,320,10079,200142,1002,098,800
19422,405,000137,700324,5002,032,800
19432,500,600179,500282,0002,039,100
19442,462,500172,000302,3001,988,200
19452,601,370189,720311,4402,100,210
19463,109,240227,470353,0502,528,720
19473,245,000259,000364,6002,621,400
19483,339,100269,900359,5002,709,700
19493,375,470276,200367,0002,732,270
19503,389,620276,200370,0001,437,9601,305,460
19513,358,000274,000381,000419,0001,101,000812,000371,00036.9
19523,363,000256,000400,000416,0001,091,000822,000378,00037.1
19533,343,000244,000413,000410,0001,072,000826,000378,00037.2
19543,322,000234,000425,000394,0001,056,000827,000386,00037.4
1955 M.1,540,000118,000214,000175,000512,000378,000143,00036.0
F.1,755,000112,000207,000216,000525,000451,000244,00038.8
3,295,000230,000421,000391,0001,037,000829,000387,00037.5

(a) The statistics given are based on the latest information available from the Registrar-General: instances have occurred
in the past in which figures have been subsequently corrected so that data for a previous year may differ Jrom that
published in the Annual Report for that year,
b) 1901-39—Total population.
1940—49—Resident civilian population.
1950-51—Home population, i.e., resident civilian population, members of the Merchant Navy at home and overseas
and members of the Armed Forces stationed in the area.
1952- —Home population, i.e., resident civilian population, plus any British, Commonwealth or Allied Armed
Forces stationed in the area.
(c) Population at census date 1901, 1911 and 1921.
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