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turnpike tolls. the improvement in the lighting and ventilation of the district churches
by the adoption of " the sun light". and concludes .with the gruesome intimation
that vaults under various churches and other places had been bricked up and coffins
to the number of 1,791 embedded in dry earth mixed with charcoal. A great
improvement is stated to have taken place in the quality and quantity of the water
supplied by the West Middlesex and Grand Junction Water Companies, but owing
to a report laid before the Lambeth vestry, in which it was stated that the Thames
water supplied by certain companies was "extensively diluted sewage," Dr.
Whitmore considered it desirable to take steps to allay any feeling of uneasiness so
far as St. Marylebone was concerned. To this end he visited the various pumping
stations and storage reservoirs, and made a weekly analysis of the water. In a
lengthy report on the subject he expresses the opinion that the water is " perfectly
" wholesome and may be drunk, even during the prevalence of an epidemic of cholera,
" with the most perfect safety." In another report are details of the daily testings of
the gas supplied to consumers in the parish by the Imperial and Chartered Gas
Companies. Owing to the absence of sulphuretted hydrogen and to a reduction in
the quantity of ammonia, a greater degree of purity was recorded in connection with
the gas, the illuminating power of which had improved from 13 to 17 sperm candles
of six to the pound. This should interest the Electricity Committee of the Council.
Of points of interest to others there are many in the reports from which the information
given has been quoted, but enough has been said to show that except perhaps in
the matter of population the movement in the Borough during the last 50 years has
been very definitely forward.
THE YEAR 1921.
POPULATION.
The population of the Borough when the Census was taken on June 19th, 1921,
was found to be 104,222, made up of 63,165 females and 41,057 males, the former
thus exceeding the latter by 22,108. The populatton of each of the Wards is shown
in the following table:

The previous Census taken in 1911 enumerated the population at 118,211, so
that during the period of ten years there was a decrease of 13,989.
The population estimated to the middle of 1921 by the Registrar-General is
given below, and is that used in calculating the various rates, etc., given in this report.
For information the estimated population of each of the wards is also shown, and for
comparison the figures for 1911.
Year. The Borough. All Souls. St. Mary. Christ Church. St. John.
1911 118,221 29,485 32,126 36,544 20,066
1921 105,200 26,184 28,709 32,445 17,862