EUROPE: ITALY. 



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MILAN. 



POPULATION. 



The population of this consular district (census of December 31, 

 1881) was 3,961,616, and according to the official estimate of De- 

 cember 31, 1897, 4,271,761. The population of the city of Milan 

 (census of December 31, 1881) was 321,839, and according to the 

 official returns of December 31, 1898, it was 481,279. This includes 

 the garrison of soldiers, viz, 6,816. 



ILLITERATES. 



Illiterates per 100 inhabitants, without regard to age, by the cen- 

 sus of December 31, 1871, were: Males, 67.04 per cent; females, 

 78.94 per cent; average, 72.99. According to the census of Decem- 

 ber 31, 1881, it was: Males, 61.03 P er cent; females, 73.51 per cent; 

 average, 67.27. The following table shows the illiterates per 100 

 married people and per 100 enlisted men in the army and navy from 

 1871 to 1897: 



Year. 



Married. 



Men. Women. Average 



Army and navy. 



Army. Navy. Average 



1871* 57-73 



1872 56.22 



1873 56.48 



1874 54-48 



1875 S4-3 2 



1876 52.35 



1877 51.78 



1878 48.49 



1879 48.08 



1880 . 45.94 



1881 48.24 



1882 46.68 



1883 45-79 



1884 44.97 



1885 ,- 44.28 



1886 43.16 



1887 42.83 



1888 42.27 



1889 41.21 



1890 41.37 



1891 ,... 41.12 



1892 40.24 



1893 38-97 



^894 38.87 



1895 37-92 



1896 36.96 



7 6 -73 



75.28 



75-65 



74-37 



74.76 



72-95 



72.69 



7-7 



70.25 



67.99 



69.9 



68.19 



67-56 



66.65 



6.5-56 



63-47 



62.82 



61.9 



60.45 



60.13 



59.16 



58.1 



56.43 



55-71 



53-83 



52-57 



67.23 

 65-75 

 66.06 

 64-43 

 64-54 

 62.65 

 62.23 

 59-28 

 59.16 

 56.97 

 59-07 

 57-43 

 56-67 

 55-8i 

 54-92 

 53-31 

 52-83 

 52.08 

 50-83 

 50-75 

 50.14 

 49.17 

 47-7 1 

 47.29 

 45-88 

 44.76 



56.74 



56.53 



54-24 



52.62 



5 r.8 



51-99 



Si-39 



49-86 



49-24 



48.88 



47-74 



47.11 



47.96 



47.22 



46.32 



44.42 



44.98 



42.98 



42.04 



41.1 



40.25 



39-66 



39.64 



38.94 



38.34 



68.52 



69.81 



66.8 



69.27 



64.98 



69-73 



72.36 



68.11 



65.07 



66.1 



60.27 



61.12 



60.05 



61.91 



58.39 



53-iS 



5 I -7 2 



51.46 



44.24 



39 

 41.41 



43-75 



47.48 



45 -9 1 

 42.92 



49-55 



62.13 



63-17 



60.52- 



60.44 



58.39 



60.86 



61.87 



58.98 



57-15 



57-49 



54 



54." 



54 



59.56 



55-32 



51.28 



48.35 



47.22 



43-14 



40.05 



40.83 



41.7 



43-56 



42.42 



40-63 



*The year 1871 does not include the province of Rome. 



