[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * The causes of the great preponderance of women in East- bourne are the usual causes of excess of females at health resorts, principally the absence of occupation and means of obtaining livelihood for males as compared with those of females. If the males and females of Eastbourne remain in the same proportion as they were in 1891, the numbers for 1896 would be 18,227 and 25,273 respectively. The numbers according to the table more nearly represent the correct division than these do. Age Constitution of Eastbourne Population. The following table gives the 1891 and 1896 population of Eastbourne sub-divided according to age groups. The estimates for 1896 are calculated according to the tables given in the 1891 census report of the Registrar-General. The estimate of the sexes at various ages is only approximate. Ages. Census, 1891. Estimated, 1896. Males. Females. Total. Males. 1 Females. Total. 0—I 344 387 731 417 492 909 i-5 1354 1422 2776 1639 1813 3452 Total under 5 ... 1698 1809 3507 2056 2305 436i 5—15 - ». 3727 3685 7412 4517 4702 9219 15—25 2848 5161 8009 3421 6542 9963 25—65 5786 8771 14557 6974 11138 18112 65 and upwards 606 878 1484 730 1115 1845 Totals 14665 20304 34969 17698 25802 43500 The percentage composition of the population of Eastbourne at different groups of ages is as in the following table. The