Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Area | Resident Population (night) | Inflow into Metropolitan boroughs | Outflow from Metropolitan boroughs | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | From other Metropolitan boroughs | From outside the County | Total | To other Metropolitan boroughs | To outside the County | ||||||
(1,000s) | (1,000s) | (1,000s) | % total | (1,000s) | % total | (1,000s) | (1,000s) | % total | (1,000s) | % total | |
170 | 751 | 373 | 50 | 378 | 50 | 43 | 43 | 100 | |||
West County | 676 | 240 | 121 | 50 | 119 | 50 | 216 | 166 | 77 | 50 | 23 |
North County | 525 | 124 | 69 | 56 | 55 | 44 | 199 | 156 | 78 | 43 | 22 |
East County | 454 | 132 | 76 | 58 | 56 | 42 | 139 | 107 | 77 | 32 | 23 |
Total | 1,825 | 1,247 | 639 | 51 | 608 | 49 | 597 | 472 | 79 | 125 | 21 |
463 | 200 | 138 | 69 | 62 | 31 | 128 | 110 | 86 | 18 | 14 | |
South County | 1,086 | 161 | 100 | 62 | 61 | 38 | 352 | 295 | 84 | 57 | 16 |
Total | 1,549 | 361 | 238 | 66 | 123 | 34 | 480 | 405 | 84 | 75 | 16 |
County of London | 3,374 | 1,608 | 877 | 55 | 731 | 47 | 1,077 | 877 | 81 | 200 | 19 |
river (except the Central Commercial Area) are probably due to the presence of
industrial areas in Middlesex and Essex which have no counterparts in Surrey and
Kent.
For the purpose of estimating "day.time" populations the movements of
workers and scholars have been considered together. In the following table these are
shown separately.
Separate
movements
of
workers
and
scholars
Workers | Scholars | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1,000s) | % | (1,000s) | % | (1,000s) | % | |
Leaving Metropolitan boroughs to destinations:. | ||||||
(i) In other Metropolitan boroughs | 820 | 81 | 57 | 88 | 877 | 81 |
(ii) Outside the County | 192 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 200 | 19 |
Total | 1,012 | 100 | 65 | 100 | 1,077 | 100 |
Entering Metropolitan boroughs from residence:. | ||||||
(i) In other Metropolitan boroughs | 820 | 54 | 57 | 63 | 877 | 55 |
(ii) Outside the County | 697 | 46 | 34 | 37 | 731 | 45 |
Total | 1,517 | 100 | 91 | 100 | 1,608 | 100 |
Net Movements | + 505 | + 26 | + 531 | — |
The proportion of scholars proceeding to school outside the County amount
to 12 per cent, as compared with 19 per cent, of adults going outside to work.
Similarly a smaller proportion of scholars than workers enter the County from
outside areas. The net movement across the County boundary consists of an
influx of 505,000 workers and 26,000 scholars.