480 DR MATTHEWS DUNCAN ON THE VARIATIONS OF THE FERTILITY 



. TABLE V. — Showing the Comparative Fertility at Different Ages of the Whole 

 Female Population of Edinburgh and Glasgow. 



Ages, 



15-19 



1 



20-24 



25-29 



30-34 



35-39 



40-44 45-49 



Women, 



31,538 



34,631 



29,778 



24,272 



19,362 



17,938 



13,868 



Children, 



380 



3731 



5096 



3895 



2435 



849 



97 



Proportion of latter to former is 1 in 



82-9 



9-2 



5-8 



6-2 



7-9 



21-1 



142-9 



Percentage, 



1-20 



10-77 



17-11 



16-04 



12-57 



4-73 



•69 



Table V. is constructed so as to bring out the desired results, and at the same 

 time, be easily compared with Table VI. It must be observed that the fifth table 

 does not exhibit results whose actual amounts are of much value, but results 

 the value of which is very great with a view to determining the question of 

 comparative amounts or productiveness. For, while the numbers of women at 

 dififerent ages include the whole women living at these ages in Edinburgh and 

 Glasgow in 1861, the numbers of children born at different ages, as given in the 

 table, include only children born under the conditions of legitimacy, live birth, 

 and complete or nearly complete maturity in 1855. 



In his work on Annuities* &c., Mr Milne in 1815 published a valuable table, 

 which he describes as " shewing the fecundity of women at the different 

 periods of life in Sweden and Finland, from 1780 to 1795, both years inclusive." 

 It is taken from a paper by Mr Nicander, to which he gives a reference, but 

 unfortunately I have not been able to ascertain the exact conditions (if any) 

 under which the table was prepared. 



TABLE VI. — Showing the Comparative Fertility at Different Ages of the Female 

 Population of Swede^t and Finland. [From tJie Table of Mr Nicander.] 



Ages, 



Females, 



Deliveries, 



Proportion of latter to former, 1 in 



Percentage 



15-19 



132,765 

 3298 

 40-256 



2-48 



20-24 



131,377 

 16,507 

 7-959 



12-56 



25-29 



121,650 

 26,329 



4-620 



21-64 



30-34 



112,250 

 25,618 

 4-382 



22-82 



35-39 



98,710 

 18,093 

 5-456 



18-32 



40-44 



89,259 

 8518 

 10-479 



9-54 



45-49 



74,002 



1694 



43686 



2-28 



Vol. ii. p. 582. 



