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When the census was only taken every ten years, errors in
the estimated populations of districts of as much as 15 and
20 per cent, have been made, utterly invalidating any
statistics based on the erroneous estimates.
Area and Density of the Population.
The area of Fulham is 1701 acres and there are 61 persons
to the acre. The County of London has an average density
of 58 persons to the acre ranging from 211 and 197 in
St. George's, Southwark, and Whitechapel, to 9, 15 and 18
persons to the acre in Plumstead, Lewisham and Wandsworth,
respectively. A considerable portion of Fulham,
probably some 500 acres, is still unbuilt on, but most of it
is described as " valuable building land, ripe for immediate
development ;" and as the four most crowded enumeration
districts, with an area of about 33 acres, contained a
population, at the time of the census, of 8,880 persons or
269 to the acre, a further large increase in the population
of the parish is probable.