Devon Poor Law/Registration County : Births by sex

Births by sex

Data cube chart.

Year Male Female
31 Dec 1850 8,670 Show data context 8,472 Show data context
31 Dec 1851 8,765 Show data context 8,532 Show data context
31 Dec 1852 9,110 Show data context 8,483 Show data context
31 Dec 1853 8,855 Show data context 8,214 Show data context
31 Dec 1854 8,532 Show data context 8,394 Show data context
31 Dec 1855 8,220 Show data context 8,043 Show data context
31 Dec 1856 8,770 Show data context 8,244 Show data context
31 Dec 1857 8,713 Show data context 8,258 Show data context
31 Dec 1858 8,926 Show data context 8,407 Show data context
31 Dec 1859 9,153 Show data context 8,626 Show data context
31 Dec 1860 9,069 Show data context 8,666 Show data context
31 Dec 1861 9,440 Show data context 8,857 Show data context
31 Dec 1862 9,669 Show data context 9,085 Show data context
31 Dec 1863 9,710 Show data context 9,323 Show data context
31 Dec 1864 9,513 Show data context 9,265 Show data context
31 Dec 1865 9,464 Show data context 9,178 Show data context
31 Dec 1866 9,590 Show data context 9,161 Show data context
31 Dec 1867 9,601 Show data context 9,224 Show data context
31 Dec 1868 9,703 Show data context 9,218 Show data context
31 Dec 1869 9,492 Show data context 9,081 Show data context
31 Dec 1870 9,456 Show data context 9,060 Show data context
31 Dec 1871 9,535 Show data context 9,100 Show data context
31 Dec 1872 9,526 Show data context 8,970 Show data context
31 Dec 1873 9,281 Show data context 8,891 Show data context
31 Dec 1874 9,107 Show data context 8,736 Show data context
31 Dec 1875 8,981 Show data context 8,567 Show data context
31 Dec 1876 9,120 Show data context 8,861 Show data context
31 Dec 1877 9,308 Show data context 8,917 Show data context
31 Dec 1878 9,247 Show data context 8,989 Show data context
31 Dec 1879 9,343 Show data context 8,841 Show data context
31 Dec 1880 9,322 Show data context 8,896 Show data context
31 Dec 1881 9,122 Show data context 8,784 Show data context
31 Dec 1882 9,167 Show data context 8,972 Show data context
31 Dec 1883 8,969 Show data context 8,689 Show data context
31 Dec 1884 9,241 Show data context 8,913 Show data context
31 Dec 1885 8,975 Show data context 8,639 Show data context
31 Dec 1886 9,196 Show data context 8,717 Show data context
31 Dec 1887 9,052 Show data context 8,570 Show data context
31 Dec 1888 8,848 Show data context 8,541 Show data context
31 Dec 1889 9,025 Show data context 8,601 Show data context
31 Dec 1890 8,654 Show data context 8,239 Show data context
31 Dec 1891 8,838 Show data context 8,555 Show data context
31 Dec 1892 8,443 Show data context 8,166 Show data context
31 Dec 1893 8,838 Show data context 8,304 Show data context
31 Dec 1894 8,383 Show data context 7,915 Show data context
31 Dec 1895 8,620 Show data context 8,151 Show data context
31 Dec 1896 8,430 Show data context 8,151 Show data context
31 Dec 1897 8,400 Show data context 8,115 Show data context
31 Dec 1898 8,303 Show data context 7,919 Show data context
31 Dec 1899 8,361 Show data context 7,950 Show data context
31 Dec 1900 7,848 Show data context 7,815 Show data context
31 Dec 1901 7,947 Show data context 7,713 Show data context
31 Dec 1902 7,909 Show data context 7,762 Show data context
31 Dec 1903 7,795 Show data context 7,612 Show data context
31 Dec 1904 7,996 Show data context 7,742 Show data context
31 Dec 1905 7,874 Show data context 7,756 Show data context
31 Dec 1906 7,927 Show data context 7,465 Show data context
31 Dec 1907 7,740 Show data context 7,301 Show data context
31 Dec 1908 7,743 Show data context 7,368 Show data context
31 Dec 1909 7,642 Show data context 7,351 Show data context
31 Dec 1910 7,211 Show data context 7,091 Show data context
Date Source
1850 - 1910 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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The early censuses 1801-31 used this very simple classification of occupations. The cemsuses of Great Britain from 1811 onwards applied it to families rather than persons, and all families were included under one of these headings.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Devon Poor Law/Registration County through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Births by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10073832/cube/BIRTH_SEX

Date accessed: 01st June 2026