Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham eBook

Thomas Harman
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 737 pages of information about Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham.

Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham eBook

Thomas Harman
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 737 pages of information about Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham.
—­ 445
  Medical ditto 336 496 832
  Teachers 512 1,395 1,907
  Literary and scientific 70 4 74
  Engineers and surveyors 111 —–­ 111
  Artists, art-workers
    musicians, &c. 729 398 1,127
  Engaged in exhibitions,
    shows, games, &c. 102 17 119
  Domestic service 1,444 13,875 15,319
  Other service 176 4,058 4,234
  Commercial occupations 6,172 422 6,594
  Engaged in conveyance
    of men, goods, and
    messages 2,442 1,839 11,281
  Engaged in agriculture 881 25 906
  Engaged about animals 771 5 776
  Workers and Dealers in
    Books, prints and maps 1,888 428 2,316
  Machines and implements 11,189 3,385 14,574
  Houses, furniture, and
    decorations 12,781 1,209 13,990
  Carriages and harness 2,748 466 3,214
  Ships and boats 67 —–­ 67
  Chemicals and their
    compounds 507 250 757
  Tobacco and pipes 200 851 551
  Food and lodging 8,126 2,124 10,247
  Textile fabrics 1,229 920 2,149
  Dress 6,894 12,946 19,840
  Various animal substances 1,481 744 2,175
  Ditto vegetable
    substances 2,277 2,237 4,514
  Ditto mineral substances 36,933 9,582 46,515
  General or unspecified
    commodities 10,542 2,631 18,173
  Refuse matters 246 18 264
  Without specific
    occupations 45,691 116,892 162,583
  Children under five
    years 28,911 29,133 58,044
                             ------ ------- -------
  Total 194,540 206,234 400,774

The comparative population of this and other large towns in England is thus given:—­

Pop.       Pop.       Inc.    Prcent
1881.     1871.           of inc. 
London      3,707,130 3,254,260  452,870  13.89
Liverpool     549,834   493,305   56,429  11.35
Birmingham    400,774   343,787   56,893  16.52
Manchester    364,445   351,189   13,256   3.70
Salford       194,077   124,801   69,276  55.64
Leeds         326,158   259,212   66,946  25.81
Sheffield     312,943   239,946   72,997  30.38
Bristol       217,185   182,552   24,633  13.47
Bradford      203,544   145,830   57,614  39.50
Nottingham    177,934    86,621   91,343 105.81
Hull          152,980   121,892   31,088  25.62
Newcastle     151,822   128,443   23,379  17.96
Portsmouth    136,671   113,569   23,102  20.35
Leicester     134,350    95,220   39,130  41.05
Oldham        119,658    82,629   37,029  45.11
Sunderland    118,927    98,242   20,685  90.40
Brighton      109,062    90,011   19,051  21.11
Norwich        86,437    80,386    6,051   7.50
W’lvrhmptn     76,850    68,291    8,569  12.46
Plymouth       75,700    68,758    4,942   7.10

Portugal House.—­See “The Royal.”

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