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entire district was in 1891, 26,233, as compared with
21,159 in 1881, being an increase of 5,074, or nearly 24
per cent The increase for the whole country during the
same period was 11.7 per cent.
This increase of population was by no means
spread over the whole district equally, the increase per
cent. in each parish being as follows:—Merton increased
by 35 per cent., Woodmansterne 33 per cent., Coulsdon
29 per cent., Mitcham 28 per cent., Wallington 27 per
cent., Morden 10 per cent., Beddington 5 per cent.,
Addington 1½ per cent., whilst Sanderstead decreased by
nearly 3 per cent.
There are several other matters of importance in
connection with the population of the district as taken
at the last census, which, as the full returns have just
been published, should now be recorded.
(a) Sex and Ages of the Population in the
District.
Excluding the population (inmates only) of the three
public institutions I have named, there were 12,483
males and 13,750 females living in the district, or 1,102
females to 1,000 males, as compared with 1,064 females
per 1,000 males for the whole of England and Wales.
This proportion of males to females differed largely
in the various individual parishes, as is shown in the
following table:-