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6
POPULATION.
It is a matter for considerable regret that the details in the Census
report are so meagre; the object, however, of the enumeration was
not statistical, but merely for the purpose of enabling the London
County Council to apportion the rate levied under the Equalization
of Rates Act of 1894 upon an accurate basis.
The populations of the three Registration districts into which the
Parish is divided are not given in the Census report, but as the figures
are set forth in the recent weekly returns of the Registrar General,
I am in a position to correct my estimate of last year and bring it
up to the middle of 1896.
The figures printed in the table below are those of the Registrar
General for the South and East districts, but I have made a slight
addition to the official figures for the North district, as the new
buildings on the Boundary Street Area are filling up as fast as they
are ready for occupation.
The estimated populations of the three Registration sub-districts
are shewn in the accompanying table, and the number of inhabited
houses for 1891 is also stated, as a comparison with the enumeration
of that year.