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Report,
September,. 1871.
Gentlemen:
In the present Report I have the honour to lay before you,
not only the ordinary Vital and Sanitary Statistics, but also those in
relation to the Census for the years 1861—71. This shows an increase in
the population of our District, as also in the number of our inhabited
houses.
The population of Bethnal Green in 1861 was 105,101; in 1871 it
amounted to 120,200; this is an increase in the ten years of 15,099; and
this increase is nearly the same as that which took place in the ten years
1851—61, as will be seen by the following figures, which show the
population at the Censuses of 1851, 90,193;—1861, 105,101 ;—1871,
120,200.
The 120,200 inhabitants of Bethnal Green are living on 760 acres,
which gives a population of 158 persons to the acre; whereas, in 1861,
there were only 138, showing an increase of 20 to the acre. They
inhabit 15,981 houses, giving an average of 7½ persons to each house;
in 1861, the average was only 7 persons to each house; in fact, the
density of our population has steadily increased, for, in 1841, there were
6.3 persons per house; in 1851, 6.7 persons per house; in 1861,
7 persons per house; and now, in 1871, the average has risen to 7.5.
The District which shows the greatest number of persons per house is
the "Town" Registration Sub-Division, which has, in 2573 houses,
21,375 souls, or an average of 8.3 per house.