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City of London 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898

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Liberty contained in 1891 69 inhabited houses,
occupied by 779 persons, and in 1896 only 733,
according to the Imperial Census.
All deaths in Glasshouse Yard are included
by the Registrar-General as occurring in the
City, but the Corporation is only responsible for
the sanitary condition of the area comprised in
the "municipal" City of London, from which
this Yard, with the exceptions above mentioned,
is excluded.
DENSITY (1898).
City of London, at night - 43.4 persons to an acre.
„ „ during the day 495.7 „ „
Registration London, at night 60.3 „ „
„ during the day Not known. No Imperial
Day Census has yet
been taken.
ANNUAL rATEABLE VALUE.
The assessed rateable annual value of property
within the administrative County of London
was £31,819,412 in 1891 — £36,437,810 in
1898—whilst the corresponding rateable value
of property in the municipal City of London
was £3,984,285 in 1891, and £4,534,313 in
1898, or nearly one-eighth of the whole County.