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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Registrar General, in his preliminary report, states that
the estimations of the population of London based on the number
of inhabited tenements have been framed for the London (Equalization
of Rates) Act, 1894, and that the total error in the population
of London is only half that by the old method, but that one of the
most noticeable features was in the case of Wandsworth, which
was over-estimated by nearly 10 per cent., while it was nearly
correct by the old method.
He further says: "These instances serve to show that the
best devised methods for estimating populations of local areas
cannot be considered trustworthy in the later years of a decennium,
even under the most favourable circumstances.
"They, therefore, emphasize the importance of more frequent
Census enumerations, not only in the interest of vital statistics and
sanitary progress, but also for the purpose of ensuring the proper
distribution of public funds when this is to be determined by the
number of the population."
The following Table shows the Census population for each
of the Wards for 1901 and 1911, with the percentage increase in
each Ward:—