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of the proceedings in which he has taken part or advised under any
Statute, so far as such proceedings relate to those conditions; and
also an account of the supervision exercised by him, or on his advice,
for sanitary purposes over places and houses that the Sanitary
Authority have power to regulate, with the nature and results of any
proceedings which may have been so required, and taken in respect
of the same during the year. The report shall also record the action
taken by him, or on his advice, during the year, in regard to offensive
trades, to dairies, cowsheds, and milk-shops, and to factories and
workshops. The report shall also contain tabular statements of the
sickness and mortality within the District, classified according to
diseases, ages and localities.”
I do not propose to adhere to the order given in this
memorandum, but for the sake of convenience to arrange
my report under various headings, beginning with:—
1. AREA AND POPULATION.
The total area of the district is, according to the last
census return 22,766 acres, and comprises 9 parishes

The Population of the entire district was, in 1891,
when the census was taken, 28,717, as compared with
'21,712 in 1881. These figures include the population in
public institutions, of which only 3 are given separately
in the census reports. These were Cane Hill Asylum, in
Coulsdon, and the Holborn Workhouse, and Holborn
Schools in Mitcham, the inmates of which numbered
altogether 2,484. In 1881 the corresponding number of
inmates in public institutions, as given in the census
returns was 553. Deducting these figures from the above
figures, the result is that the corrected population of the