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The preponderance of women has slightly increased, owing to the

losses in war. They outnumbered the men by 1,720,802 in England and Wales, and by 185,482 in Scotland. To every 1,000 men in England and Wales there were 1,095 women. It may, however, be added that the proportions varied but little between 1801, when there were 1,057 women to every 1,000 men, and 1911, when there were 1,068 women to every 1,000 men. Nature may readjust the balance very soon, for the male birth-rate is said to be rising. The apparent surplus of women is an old problem, which has not been seriously accentuated during the past ten years.