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56 as statistics of the world show, the most crime is committed, when sexual excess is more frequent, and when there has not been developed fully the feeling of responsibility and personal worth. This excess is more striking in recent years than formerly, although full statistics are not available:

Proportion of Population. 1848. 1880. 1890.*

14.7

9.8

7-8

33-6

22.5

41.8

63.6f

Over 50 years

9-9

6. it


 * Including 1 Chinese, Japanese and Indians. †15 to 55. ‡Over 55.

This table is too meagre to be conclusive, but it is probable that while the age structure of the Negro urban population in 1848 was about normal, it has greatly changed in recent years. Detailed statistics for 1890 make this plainer:

Ages. Males. Per Cent. Females. Per Cent. Total.

Under 1 400 2.1 369 1.7 769

1 to 4. 1,121 5.9 1,264 5.9 2,385

5 to 9 1,458 7.7 1,515 7.1 2,973

10 to 14 1,409 7.5 1,567 7.4 2,976

15 to 19 2,455 7.7 2,123 9.9 3,578

20 to 24 2,408 12.9 3,133 14.8 5,541

25 to 29 1,521 13.5 2,774 13.1 5,295

30 to 34 2,034 10.9 2,046 9.6 4,080

35 to 44. 3,375 18.0 3,139 14.8 6,514

45 to 54 1,645 8.7 1,783 8.4 3,428

55 to 64 581 3.1 799 3.9 1,380

65 and over 376 2.0 726 3.4 1,102

Unknown 177 176 353

Total 18,960 100.0 21,414 100.0 40,374


 * Includes 1003 Chinese, Japanese and Indians.

Comparing this with the age structure of other groups we have this table: