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There were 14,448 males, and 19,201 females living in
7,440 houses.
In 1901, the proportion of males to females was 100 to
129. In 1911 the proportion of females had increased to 133.
i.e., there are about 4 females to every 3 males.
This excess of female population is to be explained to a
great extent, no doubt, by the fact that in a residential district
like Bromley, a large number of female domestics are
employed.
I hope next year to be able to give fuller particulars of
the Census, showing the number of males and females at the
various age periods, in the respective Wards of the Borough.
For the purposes of statistics, the population is always
calculated for the middle of the year.
On the supposition that the intercensal increase will be
maintained, it may be estimated that our population in the
middle of 1911 was 33,806.
In my Report for 1910, I over-estimated the population,
owing to the-fact that my calculations were based mainly on
the number of inhabited houses in the Borough, which showed
a large increase.
In the previous Census, the number of persons per house
was 5.3, and as this figure in the previous decades had been
fairly constant, it was again used as a reliable basis for calculation.