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Day.time
population
The resident (night) population, daily inflow and outflow and estimated day
population of each group as at the time of survey are given in the following table:—

Net
Movement
It will be seen that there is a regular daily inflow of 1,608,000 workers and
students into the County and an outflow of 1,077,000 or a net daily inflow of 531,000
workers and students equivalent to an increase of 16 per cent, in the resident (night)
population. The increase in the resident population of the Central Commercial area
is estimated to be over 700,000, i.e., is fivefold on a typical weekday. About 1,600,000
workers and scholars enter metropolitan boroughs to go to work or school, i.e., about
one half of the resident population. A total of over 1,000,000 workers and scholars
travel to places outside their borough of residence to work or school, i.e., about a
third of the resident population.
Net
increase
and
decrease in
regular
day.time
population
The net increase or decrease in regular day.time population in each borough is
illustrated on the map attached. The cities and boroughs in the Central Commercial
Area are shown to be net receiving areas. The group of boroughs in the Western
Section of the County are mainly reception areas with the exception of St. Marylebone
which contains in the south the highly commercialised fringe north of Oxford Street
including Great Portland Street and attracts a large inflow of workers.
The inflow and outflow of workers and scholars into and out of metropolitan
boroughs, distinguishing between inter.metropolitan borough movements and those
across the County boundary are showm in the following table.
Daily
Inflow
Three quarter of a million persons enter the Central Commercial Area proceeding
to work or school and another quarter of a million enter the West County group of
boroughs. Half the people come into these two areas from other of the boroughs in
the County (including those in the groups themselves) and about half enter from
homes outside the County. Of those entering the two sectors south of the Thames
about a third come from boroughs outside the County. Taking the County as a
whole, of the 1,600,000 workers and scholars who enter Metropolitan boroughs to go
to work or school nearly one half (730,000) come from outside the County.
Daily
Outflow
A total of roughly 1,000,000 workers and scholars travel to places outside their
borough of residence to work or school, or about one third of the resident population
—a proportion which is fairly constant except in the Central Commercial Area where
the proportion is about a quarter. About 80 per cent, proceed to destinations in
other parts of the County. The rather lower proportions in groups north of the