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REPORT
I.—AREA AND POPULATION.
The District consists of seven parishes, and the total
area is 19,543 acres. The largest Parish is Coulsdon, with
4,314 acres, and the smallest Wallington, with 821 acres.
At the time of the Census in 1911 the population was
65,136, but omitting the three large institutions, viz.:—The
Cane Hill Asylum, the Holborn Workhouse, and the Holborn
Schools, the total population was 61,127, of which number
28,741 were males and 32,386 were females.
At the middle of 1914 the population was estimated to be
70,260, but, omitting all institutions, the corrected number was
65,714, of which number 30,935 were males and 34,779 were
females.
The number of inhabitants in the three large institutions
has increased from 2,468 in 1891 to 4,546 in 1914. There has
however, been a decrease of 541 since the middle of 1913.