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MOVEMENT OF THE POPULATION

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II. Movement or the Population.

I. Births, Deaths, and Marriage*.

England and Wales.

Year Estimated Population at 30th June

1914 1917 1918 1919 1920 2

36,960,684 33.711, 000 1 33,474,700 1 36,800,000 37,609,600

Total Births

879,096 668,346 662,661 692,438 957,994

Illegitimate Births

37,329 37,022 41,452 41,876 44,267

516,742 498,922 611,861 504,203 406,211

294,401 258,855 287,163 369,411 379,658

1 Estimated civil population.

2 Provisional figures.

In 1920 the proportion of male to female births was 1,052 male to 1,000 female.

Scotland. Year

Estimated Population at 30th Jane

Total Births Illegitimate Births Deaths Marriages

1914 || 4.747,167 || 123, 934 ||8,879||73, 557||3, 049 1917 || 4,854,738 || 97,441 ||7,2 295||69, 483||30,421 1918 || 4,886,274 || 98,554|| 7,854||78,372||34,529 1919 || 4,894,077 || 106,268||8,424||75,149||44,137 1920 1|| 4,864,396 ||136,538||10,207||68,179||46,838

1 Provisional figures

Proportion of male to female births in 1920 was 1,044 to 1,000.

**Ireland.**
Year	Estimated Population at 30th June	Total Births	Illegitimate Births	Deaths	Marriages
1914	4,381,398	98,806	2,943	71,345	23,695
1917	4,380,000	86,370	2,688	72,724	21,073
1918	4,399,000	87,304	2,726	78,695	22,570
1919	4,462,000	89,325	2,900	78,612	27,193
1920	4,470,000	99,262	—	66,798	—

1 Provisional figures.

The proportion of male to female births in Ireland in 1920 was 1,061 to 1,000.

2. Emigration and Immigration. In the thirty-eight years 1815-1852 number of emigrants from the United Kingdom was 3,463,592. Up to 1852 the emigration returns made no distinction between British subjects and foreigners. From 1853 to