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REPORT.
I.—AREA AND POPULATION.
The District consists of eight parishes, and the total
area is '21,001 acres. The largest Parish is Coulsdon,
with 4,314 acres, and the smallest Wellington, 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 1909 the population was estimated
to be 64,688, but, omitting all institutions, the corrected
number was 60,300, of which number 28,825 were
males and 31,475 were females.
The number of inhabitants in the three large
institutions has increased from 2,468 in 1891 to 3,564
in 1909. There has been, however, a decrease of 78
since the middle of 1908.
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
„ 1908 11,362
„ 1909 11,905