Hagskýrslur um manntöl - 01.01.1960, Page 33

Hagskýrslur um manntöl - 01.01.1960, Page 33
Manntalið 1703 31 total number of persons in these families amounted to 617, which is the minimum as it is not certain that this fact is always mentioned. To these may be added the 394 vagrant beggars which brings the total number of paupers up to 7 800 or 15,5 percent of the total population. According to a census of paupers in 1920—21, the total number of paupers amounted to 4,8 percent of the population, but the ratio has sunk considerably since and will presumably fall into insignificance. In Table 9 in Summary is shown the number of paupers in eacb district, both in absolute figures and percent of population. The number of paupers apportioned among the households shows very great differences between the various districts in proportion to population, ranging from 3 percent in the lowest district to 23 % percent in the higbest. There are also very great differences in number of paupers according to age groups, as shown in the summary on page 24. One half of the paupers apportioned among the bousebolds were under 20 years. Among children and adolescents from 5 to 20 the proportion of paupers is very higli, from 18 to 24 percent of the wbole number, wbich indicates that it was a common occurrence for prolific families to break up with tbe children coming on the parish. Other characteristics of the population. The relationship of the members of housebold to the head of it is stated in the census with great exactness. A summary of this subject is given in Table VIII A. Table VIII C contains a great number of cbaracteristics of peoples faihng health. This table shows a very great difference of treatment in the various districts so that there is no doubt that in some districts this matter has been very exaggerated, perhaps for fear of taxes or other burdens residting from the census. Table VIII D contains some other characteristics oc- curring in the census. Resumo en esperanto. La unua popolnombrado en Islando okazis en la jaro 1703, kaj gi ampleksis la tutan logantaron, car ciu persono estis enskribita kun nomo, ago kaj pozicio en la hejmo. Kvankam gi ne povas pretendi esti la unua generala popolnom- brado laú nuntempa speco, gi ne liavas multajn rivalojn, kaj estas tre rimarkinda afero, ke la tuta materialo tiel bone konservigis al nia tempo, ke ne mankas informoj pri unu sola paroKeto. La popolnombrado estis efektivigita de komitato, kiu devis funde esplori la tutan situacion de la lando, car je la fino de 17a jarcento la ekonomiaj kondicoj de la islanda popolo estis tre mizeraj, ne nur pro severa komerca monopolo, sed ankaú pro neordinaraj naturkatastrofoj. La popolnombrado okazis dum la tempo de decembro 1702 gis junio 1703, sed en plej multaj lokoj en marto aú aprilo 1703. Dum la sekvanta somero la tuta materialo estis sendita al la registaro en Danujo, kie gi restis gis post la unua mondmilito, kiam gi estis transdonita al Islando. Tie la Statistika Oficejo publikigis la tutan materialon kaj plie gin tabele prilaboris kaj analizis. La resultato de la prilaboro aperas en tiu ci publikajo. Laú la generala nombrado de 1703 la nombro de la tnla logantaro estis 50 358. Sed baldaú poste, 1707, terura epidemio ekstermis tre grandan parton de la popolo, kaj post tio sekvis multaj suferigaj jaroj, kiam la mortoj superis la naskigojn kauze de epidemioj, erupcioj de vulkanoj kaj aliaj natur-

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