Report of the Committee on the Economic and Financial Problems of the Provision for Old Age.

  • Great Britain. Committee on the Economic and Financial Problems of the Provision for Old Age.
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[1954]
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    *Scottish Counties of Cities Association. Scottish Education Department. Scottish Federation for the Welfare of the Blind. Scottish Home Department. age Old People’s Welfare Committee of the Scottish Council of Social Service. *Dr. J. H. Sheldon, 'M.D., F.R.C.P. Society of Housing Managers. Mrs. May M. Thompson. Professor A. P. Thomson, M.C., M.D., F.R.C.P. *Trades Union Congress, General Council of. *Treasury. Trustees of the Whiteley Homes. Professor R. E. Tunbridge, O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P. Urban District Councils Association. Urban District Council of Billericay. War Office. Councillor Sam Williams. Women’s Gas Federation. APPENDIX II MEMORANDUM BY THE GOVERNMENT ACTUARY POPULATION TRENDS IN GREAT BRITAIN I]. ‘(POPULATION CHANGES DURING THE ‘LAST HUNDRED YEARS 1. The statistical facts regarding the population of Great Britain can be sum- marised in two or three sentences. Birth and death-rates have fallen steadily over a long period, with the result that although the total population is still increasing in numbers the rate of increase has considerably diminished. For the last forty years the increase has been confined to the population of middle- - aged and old people. The rapid growth in the numbers of people who have passed the normal age of retirement from work is due more to the higher propor- tions surviving to that age than to any remarkable lengthening of the average life-time after retirement. 2. In general, these features are common to both men and women. Differences in detail will be referred to, where necessary, at a later stage. The following table summarizes in round figures the changes which have occurred in the size and age-structure of the total population of both sexes as revealed by the censuses of the last hundred years. TABLE 1 Population of Great Britain (Men and Women) Age Group Year 0-14 15-44 45-64 65 and over _ All ages (a) Numbers (millions) 1851 7:4 9-5 2:9 1-0 20°8 1861 , $2 10-4 3°4 1-1 PE) 1871 9-4 11-6 3-5 1:3 26:1 1881 10-8 13-3 4-2 1-4 29-7 1891 11-6 15-1 4-7 1:6 33-0 1901 wl 7-7 5 7 37-0 1911 12-6 19-5 6:6 Pi 40-8 1921 12-0 20-0 8:2 2°6 42-8 1931 10-8 21:0 oe 7 5 °3 44-8 195i 11-0 20-8 7 3 48-8 o5