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Vital Statistics for 1911
POPULATION.
The population enumerated at the decennial census this year
March, was 30,379. The mean population for the year estimated by
the Registrar-General's method was 30,786. This estimate is
probably less than would have been the case had the rate of increase
been the same as in the previous decennium (1891-1901). This
district is one of those in the immediate outer ring of suburbs,
which have grown very rapidly as a result of the " spilling over" and
depopulation of central London.
The sex distribution of the population in the census returns
shows that for the whole district females are in excess in the
proportion of 16,752 to 13,627. The proportion of males to 100
females in Barnes is 75, in Mortlake the proportion of males to 100
females is 86. So that in Barnes, all other conditions being the
same, there should be a lower death-rate, as the death-rate amongst
females at all ages is lower than among males. The sex distribution
in the different wards show, in places of greater social prosperity, a
greater predominance of females over males.
Table showing Proportion of Males to 100 Females in different
Wards.
Barnes E. 58
N 71
S 94
W 74
Mortlake Middle 88
N 97
S 68
From the above table it will be seen that in Barnes East and
in Mortlake South, the proportion of males to females is much
smaller than in Mortlake North, which is essentially a working-class