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London.*
"Area.—The area of London (the registration division so called)
is 78,080 acres, or 122 square miles, including 2718 acres of the
Thames; The length of the streets and roads is about 1500 miles, and
their area nearly 12 miles square. The sewers have a length of about
2000 miles.
"Elevation.—The population of London resides at a mean elevation
of 39 feet above Trinity high-water mark; the elevation varying from
11 feet below high-water mark in Plumstead Marshes to 429 feet above
high water-mark in Hampstead.
"Houses.—At the Census in 1871 there were within this area
417,767 inhabited houses, containing an average of 7'8 persons to a
house. Exactly corresponding with the proportion in 1861.
"Annual Rateable Yalue.—The annual rateable value of
property in the Metropolis, in April, 1881, as assessed in
accordance with the Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1869=
£27,405,488.
"Density (1871).—103 persons to a hectare; 42 persons to an acre;
26,674 to a square mile.
"Annual Rate of Increase of Population.—Percent., 1851-61,
1-73: 1861-71, 1-50.
"Population.—
(Estimated to the middle
of the year.)
Males
Females
"1880.
1,714,999
1,949,150
total 3,664,149.
"Births.—
Males 67,514
Females 64,659
total 132,173.
"Annual rate of births per 1000 of the population, 36.2.
"Deaths.—
Males 41,702
Females 39,426
total 81,128.
"Annual rate of mortality per 1000—
Males 24.3
Females 20.2
total 22.2.
"Excess of registered births over deaths, 51,045.
"Estimated increase of population, 43,131.
"In the three Indian Capitals, the rate of mortality in 1880
averaged 34.3 per 1000; it was 26.8 in Calcutta, 32.7 in Bombay, and
44.8 in Madras.
"In twenty-two European cities the mortality averaged 30.8
against 22.7 in the twenty large English towns.
*From the "Annual Summary" of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages.