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Shepherdess Walk will be used as well as a part of the Hutchison Street area. The satisfactory
realisation of this object will necessitate the expenditure of considerable time by
your officers.
(2) It is to be hoped that annual improvement will be recorded in connection with the
sale, transport and handling of meat, and meat products.
(3) The registration of places where food is prepared is an urgent requirement, and in
addition "prepared meat" should be amongst the products in respect of which effective
regulations preventing contamination are operative.
(4) The problem of underground workrooms should receive consideration and reasonable
regulations prepared or if necessary new legislation passed which will prevent any extension
of the present use of places which do not comply with certain definite requirements.
These requirements should be of a reasonable character. It is my experience that when
moderate regulations are desired to remove an objectionable state of affairs, such regulations
can usually be obtained—extreme measures often defeat the aims of the proposers.
(5) In dealing with underground workrooms the question of permitting underground
kitchens which do not comply with a minimum standard of efficiency should also be
considered.
(6) In respect of workshop legislation it would be a considerable advantage if a definite
pronouncement were made that offices could be regarded as " workplaces."
(7) The slaughterhouses in Aldgate should be closed as places in which cattle are slaughtered
if powers are obtained for compulsory closure. This requirement will probably be met.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Area.—The City of London (excluding The Temple) comprises an area of 661 acres
(excluding tidal water and foreshore), or 1.032 square miles, equal to a square of 1.016
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 (1925).—City of London, Registration District, at night, 20.2 persons to an
acre; City of London, Registration District, during the day, *644.1 persons to an acre;
Registration London, at night, 61.5 persons to an acre.
Annual Rateable Value.—The rateable value of property within the administrative
county of London (including the City) was £50,403,331 on 6th April, 1925; whilst on the same
date the corresponding rateable value of property in the City of London was £6,706,509
or about one-eighth of the whole County.
The sum receivable from a penny rate is £27,488.
Population.—The undermentioned figures are extracted from the Preliminary Report of
the Registrar-General on the Census of England and Wales, 1921 :—
Area, Inhabited Houses. Population.
Statute
Acres. 1911. 1921. 1911. 1921.
City of London (Not including the Temple) 661 2,784 2,398 19,657 13,709
These figures represent the population on the nights of the 3rd April, 1911, and the
19th June, 1921.
The following table shows the progressive decline which has taken place since 1861 in
the number of inhabitants who reside within the City boundaries, and the progressive increase
in the number of workers who are daily employed in the City :—
Year. Imperial Census. City Census.
Night Population. Day Population
1861 112,063 —
1866 — 170,133
1871 75,983
1881 51,405 261,061
1891 37,705 301,384
1901 26,923 —
1911 19,657 364,061
1921 13,706 436,721 (Imperial
Census).
There is only one registration district in the City.
The estimated population of the City for the year 1925 is 13,340.
The day Census taken in 1911 showed that the day population was 364,061 persons,
and also that 1,077,155 persons and 94,095 vehicles entered and left the City on the day
the count was taken.
* This figure refers only to persons '* actively engaged in the City during the daytime," and is based upon
the Imperial Census taken in June, 1921.