The Nineteenth Century , No 182, Apr 1892 [‎25r] (54/244)

1892 PROSPECTS OF MARRI 539
(Classes G- and H), Hackney 24-2, Islington 20-9, London 17-8,
1 ancras lo 2. The percentage of these classes in Shoreditch, Bethnal
(xreen and Whitechapel is too small to be taken into account, but
rZ. mf 1 liaS 59 ' 8 Per Ceilt ' ' in comfort '' Bethnal Green has
0 * e or ^ er of these districts is, therefore, exactly the same
whether we arrange them according to preponderance of females over
males, or according to well-being. Whitechapel is set apart from the
res ? moot piobably by the peculiar effects of the Jewish immigration.
1 utting aside for the moment the question whether the preponder
ance is entirely due to the servant class, there can be little doubt
that it is connected with the servant-keeping classes. Between the
ages of 35 and 45 the merely migrant portion of the community
seem to have disappeared, large numbers of shop-assistants, domestic
servants, &c. having married and settled down amongst their own
class. Between these ages but a small percentage of unmarried
people marry; they are, or should be, in the prime of life, and for
several reasons it is the period to notice, especially in estimating the
proportion of men or women who remain unmarried.
It is difficult to decide whether we should compare the number
of unmarried women with the number of married women only, or
with the number of married women and widows. If our object is to
find the percentage of women who marry, widows should be included
with married women ; if we wish to estimate the number of women
who may have to support themselves, a large number of widows
should be added to the number of spinsters. Except for the age-
period from 3o to 45, widows are not considered here at all. 3
1881. TJuinavviedy TP owwti to 100 JMavvied TVoiucu.
En eiand
& Wales
: Kensing
ton
1 • 1 I
j Hackney. Islington ^
All ages
177-9
258-4
205-7
183-0
16-20
3,844
6,499
5,431
3,704
20-25
201-2
540-1
270-2
219-7
25-35 .
42-8
1337
53-9
48-1
35-S5
20*0
SS'O
28*3
25'5
Unmarried
women to 100
married
|
>181
52-0
24-9
22*4
wemn and
widows 35-45
1
J
L ondon
1
I St. Pan-
! Sliore-
Betlmal
White-
j eras
j
ditch
Green
ehapel
182-4
168-3
151-8
157-5
1722
3,370
3,450
2,066
2,102
2,793
214-9
194-8
102-2
108-5
153-5
51-7
48-2
25-2
21-0
31-0
ss-a
2Sb , 'a
13-S
9*4St
2.S:-3
22-2
21-3
12-0
8-6
12-2
In this table, which deals with women only, Whitechapel would
take its right place between Pancras and Shoreditch, as in Mr. Booth's
classification, indicating that the abnormal figures in the other table
3 allowance has been made for false returns as to civil condition. Men in
the wealthier districts who return themselves as single, although supporting women
in another class, should be regarded as married; but the women themselves for the
present purpose are rightly treated as married or widowed in accordance with their
Census returns.