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City of London 1899
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899
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DENSITY (1899).
City of London, at night-41.7 persons to an acre.
„ „ during the day 504.2 „ „
Registration London, at night 60.9 „ „
„ 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—£36,571,279 in
1899—whilst the corresponding rateable value
of property in the municipal City of London
was £3,984,285 in 1891, and £4,549,255 in
1899, or nearly one-eighth of the whole County.
POPULATION.
The first Imperial Quinquennial Census was
taken in the City of London on the night of
the 29th March, 1896, under the provisions of