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II.—Central South London—Croxted-lane, Herne-hill.
Sanitary districts.
Lambeth. Newington.
St. Saviour. Bermondsey.
St. George-the-Martyr. Camberwell.
St. Olave. Lewisham, part of Penge.
Approximate area 17.24 square miles.
Population (1896) 873,205.
Number of houses 117,942.
Greatest distance of site of slaughterhouse from any part of area 4.6 miles.
Mean distance of district generally from site of slaughterhouse 1.6 miles.
Number of licensed slaughterhouses in 1897 91
III.—South-East London—Greenwich Marshes.
Sanitary districts.
Lewisham (part of). Plumstead.
Rotherhithe. Woolwich.
Greenwich. Lee.
Approximate area 33.55 square miles.
Population (1896) 438,520.
Number of houses 70,067.
Greatest distance of site of slaughterhouse from any part of area 6.1 miles.
Mean distance of district generally from site of slaughterhouse 2.14 miles.
Number of licensed slaughterhouses in 1897 49
IV.—North-West London—Willesden Junction.
Sanitary districts.
Fulham. Kensington.
Hammersmith. St. George, Hanover-square.
Chelsea. Paddington.
Westminster.
Approximate area 15.88 square miles.
Population (1896) 743,153.
Number of houses 99,854.
Greatest distance of site of slaughterhouse from any part of area 5.5 miles.
Mean distance of district generally from site of slaughterhouse 1.9 miles.
Number of licensed slaughterhouses in 1897 61
V.—Central North London—Islington Cattle Market.
Sanitary districts.
St. James, Westminster. St. Luke
St. Marylebone. Clerkenwell.
Hampstead. Holborn.
St. Pancras. St. Giles.
Islington. Strand.
City of London. St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Approximate area 18.57 square miles.
Population (1896) 1,062,948.
Number of houses 128,318.
Greatest distance of site of slaughterhouse from any part of area 4.l miles.
Mean distance of district generally from site of slaughterhouse 1.37 miles.
Number of licensed slaughterhouses in 1897 115
VI.—North-West London—Hackney-marshes.
Sanitary districts.
Hackney. St. George-in-the-East.
Stoke Newington. Limehouse.
Shoreditch. Mile-end Old-town.
Bethnal-green. Poplar.
Whitechapel.
Approximate area 14.75 square miles.
Population (1896) 962,813.
Number of houses 124,361.
Greatest distance of site of slaughterhouse from any part of area 4.21 miles.
Mean distance of district generally from site of slaughterhouse 1.6 miles.
Number of licensed slaughterhouses in 1897 113
In order to show the connections and intercommunication of the different metropolitan railways
and the additional facilities for the transit of goods and passengers thus afforded, the following
summary is given of the whole of the metropolitan railways and of the running powers of each over
other lines.