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disappeared, much to the district's benefit and to its ultimate improvement
in rateable value. Wood paving is being employed, and the
ease with which cleansing operations can be carried out on such a
surface, and the advantages which it possesses, from a sanitary
point of view, over ordinary macadam should effect a considerable
improvement, not only in the cleanly appearance of the district, but
also in the health and comfort of its inhabitants.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population. The following table shows the population of the
district, exclusive of the two Union Workhouses, for the last three
Census years:—
Year. Population.
1881 13,065
1891 23,437
1901 44,911
The estimated population for the year is arrived at by multiplying
the number of inhabited houses at the middle of the year, by the
number of inhabitants per house, as given in the last Census Report.
This figure for Edmonton in 1901 was 5.75. The number of
inhabited houses in the district in the middle of 1904 was 9,244.
To the figure thus obtained (53,152), is added the average number of
Edmonton residents in the Edmonton Union Workhouse, which for
the year was found to be 206.
The nett estimated population of the district, and that on which
the various rates that follow are calculated, is therefore 53,358.
The populations of the three Wards estimated in the same way
are:—
Bury Street 18,468
Church Street 16,593
Fore Street 18,297