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POPULATION.
The population of the Borough enumerated on the night of Sunday, 2nd April,
1911, was found to be 118,221, distributed as follows :
Census 1911.
All Souls 29,485
St. Mary 32,126
Christ Church 36,544
St. John 20,066
Total 118,221
At the Census taken in 1901 the population was enumerated at 133,301. During
the 10 years, therefore, there has been a decrease of 15,080. Since the figures of the
Census were ascertained the Registrar General has made a further correction and
estimates the population to the middle of the year 1911 at 117,844, a further decrease
of 377. All calculations are based on this figure.
In the Annual Report for 1910 the population at the middle of that year was
estimated to be 125,195, and the decrease since the Census of 1901, 8,106. The
estimates were out, therefore, by something like 7,000, though the method adopted
was that of the Registrar General and is the one usually regarded as the most reliable.
The following table gives the population estimated by this method, of the four
Sub-Districts for the last three years:—
1909. 1910. 1911.
All Souls 33,460 33,239 29,392
St. Mary 35,878 35,641 32,025
Christ Church 37,379 37,133 36,425
St. John 19,310 19,182 20,002
126,027 125,195 117,844
The main cause of the decrease is undoubtedly emigration ; a factor which the
method of estimating the population cannot accurately take into account.
Numbers of small houses have been demolished within recent years, and in their
place have appeared, in most cases, premises intended for workrooms, and in a smaller
number of cases, premises for human habitation.
The persons displaced by these alterations, unable to find suitable accommodation
within the Borough, have gone elsewhere for a home. This process will doubtless
continue, and more and more of the district will cease to be residential, the population
becoming more and more a day population.