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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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population, such as the City of London, it is
essential to bear in mind that 89 per cent. of
such persons are non-residential.
The Imperial census returns for 1891 shew
a population of 38,320, being a decrease of
13,085 from the previous decennial 1881;
37,663 for 1871, and 73,743 for 1861, thus:-
City Population in 1861 112,063
„ 1871 75,983
„ 1881 51,405
„ 1891 38,320
The estimated Night population for the City
at the end of June, 1894, was 34,831, and
assuming that the population has gone on
diminishing since 1891 at exactly the same
rate it did between that date and the census
in 1881, the population for 1901 may be
estimated at 28,357.