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St James's 1899

Report for the year 1899 made to the Vestry of Saint James, Westminster

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5
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
of the
Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I submit my Annual Report for the year 1899, upon
the Public Health of the Parish of St. James's, Westminster.
This Report is the twenty-sixth which I have had the
honour to prepare for the Parish of St. James's. Eighteen
Annual Reports had previously been prepared by Dr.
Edwin Lankester, F.R.S.—my predecessor in this office.

Table: The area and population to which this Report relates are summarized in the following table: —

The area and population to which this Report relates are summarized in the following table: —

Area in Acres 162Population.Mean Density of Population per Acre.
Census, 183137,053229
,, 184137,398231
,, 185136,406225
,, 186135,326218
,, 187133,619214
,, 188129,865184
„ 189124,995154
,, 189623,050142

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fn Registration London the average density of the population
for 1896 is given by the Registrar-General as 59-2
persons per acre.
In the District of St. James's, conditions obtain
which render it impracticable to determine annually the
flow of the numbers of the population, except by actual