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Census, in which, assuming that the proportion of the active, ruling, and productive 
portion of the population would be found nearly represented by the number of males 
from 25.to 55 years of age, it was shown that this proportion was considerably higher in 
the north-western division of the kingdom than in the rest of it; higher in Manches- 
ter (including Salford) than in the north-western division ; and considerably higher in 
Liverpool than in Manchester. Details were also given showing the relative propor- 
tious in each case of the female, and of the immature and aged male population, 
making up, in each case, the remnant of the population. And from the materials 
thus stated were deduced the general conclusions,— 
That as not only the productive and defensive power, but also the character and 
conduct of a given population is dependent, in a great measure, upon the ages of 
the individuals composing it, so sanitary improvements, by lengthening the dura- 
tion of life, tend directly to increase the proportion of mature and aged persons to 
the whole of the population on which they take effect, thus prolonging the effects 
of experience upon such a population; and when taken with the prestige commonly 
conferred upon opinions by the ages of those who utter them, may be expected to 
- give a corresponding influence to reason, as opposed to passion, in the affairs of a 
population so placed. 
That the high and increasing value of life in England indicates a large and increa- 
sing proportion of matured minds; and undoubtedly has a corresponding influence on 
the exercise of the national will, as well at home as abroad—an influence already 
traceable in our political history ; and that there is no apparent reason why municipal 
action should not be influenced by the same causes. 
Taste I. 
Ages in the Larger Areas. 
To 10,000 Males aged 25—55, 
England and Wales. ||North-Western Division-||"fppland and North-Western 
1851. Wales. Division. 
Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. |Females.| Males, |Females. 
Bepaits 8,781,225|9, 146,384|\1,215,832|1,274,995|| 28,668] 29,860] 27,629] 28,973 
0—25. . |4,859,667|4,917,952|| 684,452) 705,784//15,865 |16,055 |15,554| 16,038 
25—55. . |3,063,111/3,248,458]| 440,058] 464,953//10,000 |10,605 |10,000) 10,566 
858,447| 979,974]| 91,322} 104,258|) 2,803] 3,199] 2,075] 2,369 
0— 5 |1,176,753/1,171,354|| 165,671} 165,827] 3,842| 3,824] 3,765| 3,768 
5 10 |1,050,228|1,042,131] 142,747] 142,655|| 3,429] 3,402] 3,244] 3,249 
| 10— 45 | 963,995] 949,362] 134,111] 133,628] 3,147] 3,099] 3,048] 3,037 
| 15 20 | 873,236] 883,953|| 124,128} 130,230) 2,851] 2,886] 2,821| 2,959 
| 20— 95 | 795,455] 871,152] 117,795] 133,444) 2,597| 2,844| 2,677] 3,032 
| 25— 30 | 699,345] 771,130|| 105,244] 116,350|| 2,283] 2,517| 2,392] 2,644) 
| 30— 35 | 617,889] 658,237 91,082] 97,547|| 2,017| 2,149| 2,070] 2,217 
35— 40 | 532,680| 555,879] 76,227| 78,909]| 1,739| 1,815] 1,732] 1,793 
| 40— 45 | 474,211] 494,408] 68,653} 71,023|| 1,548| 1,614] 1,560] 1,614 
45— 50 | 392,882| 406,107|| 53,709} 55,135|| 1,283| 1,326] 1,220] 1,253 
| 50— 55 | 346,104] 362,697] 45,143} 45,989)| 1,130| 1,184] 1,026] 1,045 
| 55— 60 | 254,892] 271,395] 29,482} 31,807|| 832] 886] 670} 723 
| 60— 65 | 227,240] 254,070|| 25,406} 28,856|| 742} 829] 577] 656 
| 65— 70 | 151,640] 175,879} 15,903] 18,732|| 495} 574] 361] 426 
| 7o— 75 | 114,780} 135,432|| 11,362) 13,140] 375] 442] 258| 299 
75— 80| 65,016] 81,086 _5,741| _7,082|| 212} 265] 130] 161 
g0— 85 | 31,690 42,150|| 2,461]  3,275)/ 103]. 138] 56] 74 
-85— 90| 10,423] 14,982 772} 1,031 34, 49 = 18] ~—-23 
| 90— 95 2,282] 3,969 151 268 Weis 3 6 
-95—100 456 874 37 54 1 3 Moved 
100 and 73 137 7 13 oo ee ee ee 
