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City of London 1896
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896
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TO THE HONOURABLE
THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report
for the year 1896.
The City of London Registration District
comprises 672T acres excluding tidal water or
foreshore.
The first Imperial Quinquennial Census was
taken in the City of London on the night of the
29th March, 1896, under the provisions of the
London (Equalisation of Rates) Act, 1894, 57
and 58 Vic., cap. 53, sec. 3.
In the Returns prepared by the RegistrarGeneral,
dated 13th August, 1896, presented to
Parliament, the population on the night of the
enumeration was found to be 31,711, whilst in
the previous decennial Imperial census of 1891
it was 38,320, shewing a decrease of 6,609
persons in the 5 years (1891-6).