EXCESS OF WOMEN OVER MEN
Ten Years From 1911 to 1921 Saw Male Population Increase by Only 57,603, While Women Gained More Than Four Million—Average Size of Private Family in London Decreased From 4.15 to 3.79 Since 1911—Interesting Census Figures.
For the last twenty years the population of the County of London has been gradually getting smaller, until now there are more than 50,000 fewer people in the county than there were in 1901. On the other hand, the number of people living in the outer ring, or London outside the county area, has increased by nearly a million. At midnight, June 10, 1921, the total population of London, including its outer ring, was 7,480,201; in 1901 the figures were 6,591,402.
The British Isles, as a whole, have 2,000,000 more women than men, and the city of London alone contributes a quarter of this figure. In 1921 the excess of women over men in London and her suburbs was 552,160. The ten years from 1911 to 1921 saw the male population increase by only 57,603, while the number of women gained from 3,844,940 to well over four millions, making an increase of 171,240, or three times the total increase of men. For this, however, the war years 1914-18 are mainly responsible. Increase in Widows. 