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City of London 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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AREA.
The City of London Registration District comprises an area of 672.7 acres
(excluding tidal water and foreshore), or 1051 square miles, equal to a
square of 1.0252 miles to a side.
The area of "Registration London" is 74,817 acres (excluding tidal water
and foreshore), or 116.9 square miles, equal to a square of 10.81 miles to a
side.
DENSITY (1908).
City of London, Registration District, at night 30.2 persons to an acre.
„ „ „ „ during the day *56.5 „ „
Registration London, at night 63.6 „ „
„ „ during the day not known. No Imperial Day Census has yet been
taken.
ANNUAL RATEABLE VALUE.
The rateable value of property within the administrative county of London
was £44,332,025 on 6th April, 1908—whilst on the same date the
corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London, including
Temples, was £5,451,820, or nearly one.eighth of the whole County.
POPULATION.
The undermentioned figures are abstracted from the Registrar.General's Report, dated 30th December, 1901, on the Census of England and Wales, 1901 (County of London).
| Area. Statute Acres. | Inhabited Houses. | Population. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | ||
| City of London | 672.7 | 5,340 | 3,865 | 37,702 | 26,923 |
For Registration, Parliamentary and Municipal purposes the boundaries
of the City are co.terminous.
These figures represent the population on the night of the 1st April, 1891
and 1901, exclusive of sub.district of Glasshouse Yard (see note on page 14).
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 to be regretted that no Day enumeration was made in the
City during the last Imperial Census year.
*This figure refers only to persons "actively engaged in the City during the daytime." The actual
number of people visiting the City daily is probably nearly 1,500,000.