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evidence regarding the effect of the migration factor and in some
areas there may accordingly appear to be a lack of continuity
between the estimates of successive post-censal years.
The estimate of population is believed to provide as true
a measure of the position in June last as the data permit, but
the difference between the figure and the corresponding estimate
for 1925 is not necessarily representative of the births, deaths
and migration which occurred between the 30th June, 1925 and
the 30th June, 1926.
As the Registrar General has explained in his memorandum,
the method has been applied impartially by him to all areas in
the country. Of the large towns in the outer ring of London,
in six instances only does he estimate that an increase has
occurred and these are, Croydon, Ealing, Hendon, Hornsey,
Edmonton and Ilford. In the other 11, including Acton, he
estimates that there has been a decrease in the population. In
former reports, I have given my reasons for believing that the
estimate of the Registrar. General is too low, and I shall now
simply give certain figures which are available.
Between October 1st, 1925 and June 30th, 1926, 277 new
separate dwelling houses were occupied, 6 flats, 2 tenements
and 8 shops with houses attached—a total of 293. Between
April 1st, 1921, and June 30th,, 1926, 1,146 new buildings have
been erected and occupied. Between the Census of 1911 and
that of 1921, the increase in the number of inhabited houses was
810. The following table shows the increases which have taken
place in the number of Parliamentary electors since 1921:—
1921 30,350.
1922 30,425.
1923 31,394.
1924 31,999.
1925 32,776.
1926 33,424.
Between the autumn of 1921 and the autumn of 1926 there
has been an increase of 3074 in the number of Parliamentary
electors.
GENERAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
In last year's Survey Report an account of the general
and sanitary conditions was given, and no noteworthy change
has taken place in this respect. It was then stated that the
district is partly industrial and partly residential. If any change
has occurred, it has been a tendency towards industrialism.