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POPULATION AND HOUSES.
The enumerated Population at the Census taken on Sunday, April 2nd, 1911,
was 49,357, a reduction of 10,048 on the previous census of 1901 or 16.9 per cent.
During the previous decennium 1891-1901 there was a reduction of 7,376 or ll.0
per cent. The Borough is becoming less and less residential and more and more
important as a business centre. The number of factories, workshops, workplaces
and offices keeps increasing so that we have now a very large day population.
The density of the population was 122 persons per acre in comparison with 61
for London.
The number of inhabited buildings was 7,985 and uninhabited 1,393 and
38 were in course of erection.
Further details were given in my Annual Reports for 1912 and 1913.
REVISED ESTIMATES OF POPULATION, 1914.
The population of England and Wales as a whole has hitherto been estimated
on the assumption that the rate of increase during 1901-11 has continued, but in
view of the fall in the rate of natural increase since 1911 and an increase in the
loss by migration, a new estimate has been made for the middle of 1914 based
upon the returns of births, deaths and migration. The populations of the
Registration Areas of England and Wales have also been re-estimated.