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London County Council 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The following table shows the enumerated population at the census taken 29th March, 189G,
and the amount of excess of contribution over grant or of grant over contribution in respect of each
district for the vear ended 31st March, 1897.
In accordance with section 3 (1) of the London (Equalisation of Rates) Act, 1894, the expenses incurred in respect of the census taken on the 29th March, 1896, viz., £7,720 9s. 4d., has been deducted from the total contributions received, the amount of contributions remaining being then distributed among the sanitary districts in proportion to population.
| Sanitary District. | Enumerated population 29th March, 1896. | Equalisation charge being excess of contribution over grant. | Net grant being excess of grant over contribution. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Paddington | 124,506 | 8,351 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | |
| Kensington | 170,465 | 17,622 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | |
| Hammersmith | 104,199 | — | — | — | 6,219 | 5 | 2 | |
| Fulham | 113,781 | — | — | — | 8,775 | 12 | 6 | |
| Chelsea | 96,646 | 126 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 79,967 | 33,546 | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Westminster | 53,234 | 11,033 | 12 | — | — | — | — | |
| St. James | 23,050 | 15,531 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | |
| Marylebone | 141,188 | 11,754 | 19 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| Hampstead | 75,449 | 4,554 | — | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Pancras | 240,764 | — | — | — | 7,041 | 12 | 1 | |
| Islington | 336,764 | — | — | — | 23,196 | 4 | — | |
| Stoke Newington | 33,485 | — | — | — | 1,493 | 10 | 10 | |
| Hackney | 213,044 | — | — | — | 16,327 | 14 | 11 | |
| St. Giles | 38,237 | 2,999 | — | 10 | — | — | — | |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,077 | 11,562 | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Strand | 23,782 | 10,940 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Holborn | 31,208 | 4,027 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Clerkenwell | 66 202 | — | — | — | 3,417 | 19 | 9 | |
| St. Luke | 41,527 | 358 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| London, City of | 30,970 | 104,842 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | |
| Shoreditch | 122,348 | — | — | — | 7,213 | 12 | 1 | |
| Bethnal-green | 129,162 | — | — | — | 14,616 | 4 | 3 | |
| Whitechapel | 77,717 | — | — | — | 4,838 | 2 | 11 | |
| St. George-in-the-East | 47,506 | — | — | — | 4,617 | 9 | 8 | |
| Limehouse | 58,305 | — | — | — | 4,097 | 3 | 10 | |
| Mile-end Old-town | 111,060 | — | — | — | 12,268 | 1 | 2 | |
| Poplar | 169,267 | — | — | — | 15,431 | 1 | 9 | |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 25,365 | 3,707 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | |
| St. George, Southwark | 60,278 | — | — | — | 4,921 | 2 | 6 | |
| Newington | 120,939 | — | — | — | 11,936 | 11 | 4 | |
| St. Olave | 11,731 | 2,957 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Bermondsey | 85,475 | — | — | — | 6,704 | 19 | 10 | |
| Rotherhithe | 40,379 | — | — | — | 2,674 | 16 | 1 | |
| Lambeth | 295,033 | — | — | — | 17,340 | 4 | 7 | |
| Battersea | 165,115 | — | — | — | 11,370 | 18 | 6 | |
| Wandsworth | 187,264 | — | — | — | 6,479 | 8 | 7 | |
| Camberwell | 253,076 | — | — | — | 22,130 | 17 | 4 | |
| Greenwich | 175,774 | — | — | — | 12,570 | 17 | 1 | |
| Lewisham | 104,521 | — | — | — | 3,660 | 10 | 7 | |
| Woolwich | 41,314 | — | — | — | 1,508 | 3 | 4 | |
| Lee | 38,588 | — | — | — | 656 | 5 | 2 | |
| Plumstead | 59,252 | — | — | — | 6,869 | 18 | 1 | |
| The Charterhouse | 137 | 265 | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Gray's-inn | 264 | 353 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | |
| The Close of the Collegiate Church | 355 | 28 | — | 9 | — | — | — | |
| of St. Peter | ||||||||
| Inner Temple | 148 | 557 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Middle Temple Lincoln's-inn | 105 | 344 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| 19 | 467 | 15 | 4 | |||||
| Staple-inn | 10 | 60 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| Furnival's inn | 47 | 104 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Amount of the expenses certified by | ||||||||
| the Registrar-General to have | ||||||||
| been incurred in respect of the | ||||||||
| census taken on the 29th March, | 7,720 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| 1896, and payable out of the | ||||||||
| Equalisation Fund [London | ||||||||
| (Equalization of Rates) Act, 1894, | ||||||||
| sec. 3 (1)]. | ||||||||
| Total | 4,432,099* | 246,098 | 17 | 3 | 246,098 | 17 | 3 | |
* This is exclusive of the Tower of London, the population of which was 919.