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REPORT.
I.—AREA AND POPULATION.
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 1907, the population was estimated
to have increased to 70,950, but omitting all institutions,
the corrected number was 66,300, of which number
32,445 were males and 33,855 were females.
The number of inhabitants in the three large institutions
has increased from 2,468 in 1891 to 3,759 in
1907 ; this shows a decrease of 55 since the middle of
1906.
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
„ 1906 11,614
„ 1907 13,086