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The reduction of population is most marked in
the West Ward. A slight correction should be made
in the figures for the East Ward, because while its
acreage is correctly given as 356, this includes 100
acres of park land. If the nett acreage be taken
as 256, the number of persons per acre will be seen
to be 198 instead of 114. The density of the population
per acre for the Borough (154) may be compared with the
average of 60 for the County of
London. Only two Metropolitan boroughs exceed
Bethnal Green in density—Shoreditch (158) and
Southwark (163).
The extent to which the residents in the Borough
are living under congested conditions is further
brought out by the following table, which classifies
the population according to the size of family, number
of rooms occupied, and consequent density of
occupation : —