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remaining as before, the new "Berwick Street SubDistrict,"
being constituted by amalgamating the
St. James's Square Sub-District with the old
Berwick Street Sub-District. The Registration of
Births and Deaths upon the new basis commenced
from April 2nd, 1876.
The numbers and distribution of the population in
the three former Sub-Districts at each of the last
five decennial enumerations are shown by the
following figures:— *
Census.
St. James's
District,
Area 164 acres.
St. James's Square
Sub-District,
Area 85 acres.
Golden Square
Sub-District,
Area 54 acres.
Berwick Street
Sub-District,
Area 25 acres.
1831
37,053
1841
37,398
13,337
13,612
10,449
1851
36,406
11,469
14,139
10,798
1861
35,326
10,753
13,966
10,607
1871
33,619
10,472
12,860
10,287
It thus appears that since 1841 the population of
St. James's has been continuously decreasing, and
that now it numbers some four thousands less than
it did thirty years ago. This exceptional condition
follows from the fact that St. James's has long since
been fully built over, and that, of late years, it has
increasingly become the centre for Clubs, Hotels,
and splendid shops, retailing goods which are often
unique in their quality and artistic value. The
*The first line of figures cannot be completed, as the Sub-District
areas were not formed until 1837.