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REPORT.
I.—AREA AND POPOLATION.
The District consists of nine parishes, and the total
area is 22,766 acres. The largest Parish is Coulsdon,
with 4,314 acres, and the smallest Wallington, with
823 acres.
In the year 1901, at the time of the last Census, the
population was 38,071, but omitting the three large
institutions, viz.:— The Cane Hill Asylum, the
Holborn Workhouse, and the Holborn Schools, the total
population was 34,180, of which number 16,202 were
males and 17,978 were females.
At the middle of 1905, the population was estimated
to have increased to 59,507, but omitting all institutions,
the corrected number was 54,763, of which number
26,792 were males and 27,971 were females.
The number of inhabitants in the three large institutions
has increased from 2,468 in 1891 to 3,878 in
1905 ; this shows an increase of 3 since the middle of
1904.
The number of occupied houses in the District was :
In 1881 3,730
,, 1891 4,845
„ 1900 6,597
„ 1901 7,027
„ 1902 7,694
„ 1903 8,316
,, 1904 9,421
,, 1905 10,493