TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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1. INTRODUCTION. 
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Retrospect of Censuses, 1801-61... .. .. .. 1 
Suggestions for Census of 1871 .. .. .. .. 2 
The Census Organization .. . # ar 
Population of the United Kingdom .. .. .. 
Population of England and Wales, 1651-1871 
Movement of Population ; Emigration; Natural 
[nerease .. .. .. .. . 
The Sexes .. .. .. «0. 
Houses; “ What is a House?” .. .. .. .. 
(nhabited Houses; The House Duty cee 
[otal House Accommodation .. Tu 
Number of Families .. .. .. .. .. .. 
Urban and Rural Populations, their relative 
growth .. .. .. .. 0 
Che large Cities and Towns eee 
Public Institutions .. .. .. .. .. .. 
Maritime Population .. .. .. i 
Houseless Population .. .. .. 
Divisions of the Country .. . 
Counties... .. .. .. 
Hundreds .. .. .. .. .. .. 
Parliamentary Representation .. . 
County and Borough Representation 
Lieutenancy Sub-divisions .. .. .. 
Highway Districts .. .. .. .. .. 
Judicial Divisions 3s av fr #4 as 
Municipal Cities and Boroughs... .. .. 
Urban Sanitary Districts .. .. .. .. 
Townships, Parishes, Manors .. .. .. 
Ecclesiastical Divisions .. .. .. .. 
Registration Districts and Sub-districts .. 
Registration Counties .. .. .. .. 
Registration Divisions... .. .. .. i. 
Che Cinque Ports.. .. .. .. .. . 
Complexity of existing Sub-divisions . 
[slands in the British Seas .. .. .. ’s 
The Growth of London wn an ee 3a 
City of London .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 
The Metropolis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 
Old and New Bills of Mortality.. .. .. .. 
The Registrar-General’s “London” .. .. 
Metropolitan Board of Works District .. 
Metropolitan Police Distriet .. .. -.. .. 
London Within Various Boundaries.. .. .. 
I'he Past and Future of the Mctropolis .. .. 
The Cost of the Census ee Es eu 
II. SUMMARY TABLES. 
Fable I. Area, Inhabited Houses, and Popu- 
lation of the United Kingdom on 
3rd April, 1871, exclusive of the 
Army, Navy, and Merchant Sea- 
men Abroad 
lable II. Houses and Population of England 
and Wales at each of the Censuses, 
1801-71 .. 
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III. Increase of the Inhabited Houses 
and Population of England and 
Wales in the Intervals between 
the Censuses 1801-71 
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Yumber of Emigrants from the 
United Kingdom during the Ten 
Years 1861 to 1870, from Returns 
furnished by Her Majesty's Emi- 
rration Commissioners 
35 
Areas, Houses, and Population in 
1871 of the Counties Proper in 
England and Wales .. .. .. 
243 
VI. Area, Houses, and Population in 
1871 of Registration Divisions 
and Counties in England and 
Wales 
27 
VII. Inhabited Houses and Population 
in 1871, of the Counties in Eng- 
land and Wales, including and 
excluding Represented Cities and 
Boroughs, with the Number of 
Members Returned, and Number 
of Registered Eleotors .. .. 38-39 
VIII. Population; Number of Electors 
and of Members Returned; Value 
of Property; Number of Houses 
Inhabited, and Assessed to the 
House Duty; and Proportion of 
Men and Women who Signed 
their Marriage Registers with 
Marks—in the Counties of Eng- 
land and Wales .. .. .. .. 
Inhabited Houses and Population 
in 1861 and 1871, of Cities, Muni- 
ripal Boroughs, Parliamentary 
Boroughs, Local Board Districts, 
Improvement Commissioners’ Dis- 
tricts, Lighting Commissioners’ 
Districts, Paving Commissioners’ 
Districts, and other Principal 
Fowns in England and Wales 41-55 
x. Inhabited Houses and Population 
in 1871 of the Counties and Parts 
of Counties comprised in the 
several Dioceses in England and 
Walea RA—60