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DENSITY (1910).
City of London, Registration District, at night - - 25.4 persons to an acre.
„ „ „ „ during the day - *576.4 „ „
Registration London, at night - - - -65.6 „ „
„ „ 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 £44,875,809 on 6th April, 1910—whilst on the same date the
corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London, including
Temples, was £5,519,221, 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 12).
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, and this is to be repeated during the present year, 1911.
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
26,923
-
For statistical purposes, in the following pages the "Registration" District
is referred to when speaking of the " City."
*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.