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1918
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With the exception of the age-period 5-10 years and, of
course, the males over 15 years of age, the increase in the
population has been curiously even.
Under 5 years of age the increase was 19'3 per cent.;
between 5 and 10 years, 6 per cent.; between 10 and 15 it
was "20 per cent.; and in females over 15 years of age, 19'5
per cent.
If the male population over 15 years of age had increased
in the same ratio, it would show that 6,415 men were on
active service.
The Ward population in 1918 was as follows :—
North East. North West. South East. South West.
15,367 12,209 15,091 16,290
There was an increase in the population of the three
Wards—North East, North West, South East, and a decrease
in the population of the South West Ward.
There are two explanations for this phenomenon.
At the Census the South West Ward was almost entirely
built over, and any new buildings erected between 1911 and
1914 were in the other three Wards. But that is not the only
reason, as the number of houses built between the Census and
the beginning of the war was small. The increase is in the
same ratio as the excess'of women over men at the Census in
the different Wards as the following table shows:— '
Population at Census :—
North East. North West. South East. South West.
Male ... 6,732 4,919 6,651 8,083
Female 7,644 6, 573 7,948 8,798
There are other slight discrepancies between the figures
supplied by the Registrar General and those given in this
report. The difference between the two figures are very
slight and it arises from different causes. Thus for the birthrate
the Registrar General bases his figures upon the number
of births registered in the district during the year, whilst I