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Registration London *
"Area.—The area of Registration London is 78,052
acres, or 122 square miles, including 3,625 acres of water.
The length of the streets arid roads is more than 1,600
miles. The area of London being 122 square miles is
equal to a square of about 11 miles to the side.
"Elevation.—The population of London resides at a
mean elevation of 39 ft. above Trinity high-water mark;
the elevation varying from 11 ft. below high-water mark
in Plumstead Marshes, to 429 ft. above high-water mark in
Hampstead.
"Houses.—At the Census in 1881, there were within
this area 486,186 inhabited houses, containing an average
of 7.8 persons to a house, exactly corresponding with the
proportion in 1861 and 1871.
"Annual Rateable Value.—The annual rateable
value of property in the metropolis in April, 1881, as
assessed in accordance with the Valuation (Metropolis)
Act, 1869, was equal to £27,402,509.
"Density (1883).—52-5 persons to an acre; 32,425
to a square mile.
"Annual Rate of Increase of Population, per cent.:
1861—71, 1.50 ; 1871—1881, 1.61.
* From the Annual Summary of the Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages.
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