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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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Assuming that the annual rate of decrease
between 1891 and 1896 corresponded to the
rate of decrease in the decennial period 1881
and 1891, the estimated population of the City
at the end of June, 1896, would be 32,843.
At the census taken in March, however, the
population, as above mentioned, was 31,711,
but calculated to the end of June would be
only 31,412, a difference between the estimated
and the actual figures of 1,431 inhabitants.
This inaccuracy is accounted for chiefly by the
large number of persons removed from the
City by Widegate Street and other improvements,
and apart from financial considerations,
illustrates the utility of numbering the people
at shorter intervals than has hitherto obtained.
In 1896 the Imperial census returns gave a population of 31,711, being a decrease of 6,609 from the previous enumeration 1891, thus:
| City population in 1861 | 112,063 |
| „ 1871 | 75,983 |
| „ 1881 | 51,405 |
| „ 1891 | 38,320 |
| „ 1896 | 31,711 |