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City of London 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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TABLE A.
| Area. Statute Acres. | Inhabited Houses. | Population. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | ||
| Parliamentary Borough or Municipal City. | 671 | 5,340 | 3,875 | 37,705 | 26,897 |
| Registration District | 672.1 | 5,408 | 3,946 | 38,481 | 27,639 |
For Parliamentary, Municipal, Police, and School Board purposes the
boundaries of the City are co-terminous.
These figures represent the population on the night of the 1st April, 1891
and 1901.
A Day Census—the number of persons actively engaged in the City during
the daytime—has been taken on three occasions, viz., in 1866, 1881, and
1891. It is a matter for regret that no Day enumeration was made in the
City during the last Imperial Census year.
TABLE B. CENSUS RETURNS.
| Year. | Imperial Census. Night Population. | City Census. Day Population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 112,063 | — | ||
| 1866 | - | 170,133 | ||
| 1871 | 75,983 | — | ||
| 1881 | 51,405 | 261,061 | ||
| 1891 | 37,705 | 301,384 | ||
| 1901 | 27,639 | — | ||
The City District, or Union, is co-extensive with the municipal City of
London within and without the walls, with the following exceptions, viz.—
the municipal City includes the Middle Temple*, part of Staple Inn [four
houses]† part of Furnival's Inn [five houses], and a part of the Parish of
Whitechapel [five houses], which for Poor Law and Registration purposes
are comprised respectively in the Strand, Holborn and Whitechapel Districts,
while the "Liberty of Glasshouse Yard," with the exception of a few
houses occupied by sixty-five persons, although not forming part of the
municipal City §, is included in the Parish of St. Botolph Without, Aldersgate,
* Vide Census of England and Wales, 1891. The Middle Temple has since been constituted a separate
Sanitary Authority.
† The ground floors only are in the City.
§ A new delimitation of this portion of the City is now under consideration.