LIVING ALONE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19107, 31 August 1936, Page 11

LIVING ALONE

2,000,000 PEOPLE IN TJ.K. SURREY RICHEST COUNTYj SCOTS’ BIG FAMILIES There are 2,000,000 people in Great Britain who live alone. Nearly half tlie women workers in the country are employed in two industries. .One man out of every 50 is either of independent, means or unemployable. In 1934 tho total population of Great. Britain was 23,8C0,CC0 females and 21,750,000 males—loß4 women to every 100(1 men. .It is estimated that in 1941 the population will be 44,840,000: that- By 1951 it will have fallen to 42,670,000; and that by 1951 it will only be 39,338,000. The census regards a. family as any group of persons, including servants and lodgers, who live in a private household. Ninety-five out of every 100 people live a family life. Large families—parents, children, and servants —are most numerous in Scotland. There 15.9 per cent, of all families consist of eight of more persons. WOMEN LIVE LONGER. Women on the average live longer than men. (More boys are horn than girls. Up to the age of 15 there are only 980 girls to every ICOO boys. After the age of 65 there are 1316 women to every 1000 men. There are 90,000 persons with incomes exceeding £2OOO a year. The number earning less than £l5O a year is 15,900,000. Two million seven hundred thousand earn between £250 and £SOO a year, and 540,000 people have incomes of between £SOO and £IOOO. Only one family in 20 in Britain has a. weekly income exceeding £lO. Surrey has a larger proportion of well-to-do families than any othercounty. One-third of all tho women workers in the country—l,9o6,ooo—arc in domestic or personal service.