2,748 | 1,206 |
50- | 3,982 | 1,196 |
55- | 3,456 | 833 |
60- | 3,825 | 712 |
65- | 2,542 | 369 |
70- | 1,568 | 204 |
75- | 746 | 101 |
80- | 311 | 25 |
85 and Upwards | 147 | 16 |
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TABLE B.

AGED 20 YEARS OF AGE, AND UPWARDS.

|Nurse |Nurse |
|(not Domestic |(Domestic |
|Servant) |Servant) |
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Great Britain and Islands in the British Seas. | 25,466 | 21,017 |
England and Wales. | 23,751 | 18,945 |
Scotland. | 1,543 | 1,922 |
Islands in the British Seas. | 172 | 150 |
1st Division. London. | 7,807 | 5,061 |
2nd Division. South Eastern. | 2,878 | 2,514 |
3rd Division. South Midland. | 2,286 | 1,252 |
4th Division. Eastern Counties. | 2,408 | 959 |
5th Division. South Western Counties. | 3,055 | 1,737 |
6th Division. West Midland Counties. | 1,225 | 2,383 |
7th Division. North Midland Counties. | 1,003 | 957 |
8th Division. North Western Counties. | 970 | 2,135 |
9th Division. Yorkshire. | 1,074 | 1,023 |
10th Division. Northern Counties. | 402 | 410 |
11th Division. Monmouth and Wales. | 343 | 614 |
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NOTE AS TO THE NUMBER OF WOMEN EMPLOYED AS NURSES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

25,466 were returned, at the census of 1851, as nurses by profession,
39,139 nurses in domestic service,[40] and 2,822 midwives. The numbers
of different ages are shown in table A, and in table B their
distribution over Great Britain.

To increase the efficiency of this class, and to make as many of them as
possible the disciples of the