A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 122 : " Proportion of Lunatic and Imbecile or Feeble-minded per Million living in each Age-Group, 1901 and 1911".
Ages. | Insanity Rate per million living. | Increase or Decrease per cent. of Insanity Rate. | |||||||
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Total. | Lunatic. | Imbecile or Feeble-minded. | Total. | Lunatic. | Imbecile or Feeble- minded. | ||||
1901. | 1911. | 1901. | 1911. | 1901. | 1911. | ||||
All Ages | 4,078 | 4,491 | 2,575 | 2,957 | 1,503 | 1,534 | 10.1 | 14.8 | 2.1 |
Under 15 | 629 | 823 | 26 | 37 | 603 | 786 | 30.8 | 42.3 | 30.3 |
1525 | 2,388 | 2,748 | 632 | 768 | 1,756 | 1,980 | 15.1 | 21.5 | 12.8 |
2545 | 5,263 | 5,298 | 3,545 | 3,631 | 1,718 | 1,667 | 0.7 | 2.4 | -3.0 |
4565 | 9,087 | 9,504 | 7,124 | 7,754 | 1,963 | 1,750 | 4.6 | 8.8 | -10.9 |
65 and upwards | 11,922 | 11,925 | 8,015 | 8,972 | 3,907 | 2,953 | 0.0 | 11.9 | -24.4 |