Show britain cereue A preliminary census volume just issued gives the population of the five largest cities of england exclusive of london as follows liverpool manchester birmingham leeds sia sheffield the total bumbel of males in eng land and wales is 15 71 of females men serving abroad in he army navy and meri hont maaine being excluded seventy seven per cent of the total population is in the cities and 23 per cent is in rural districts as against 75 and 25 per cent respectively in 1891 the population of great britain al most doubled during the victorian era but that of ireland declined from 6 in 1821 to 4 in 1801 the mean annual death rate has been steadily declining since 1861 the birth rate has declined with still greater rapidity |