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POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the total population
of the district for 1912 is 83,080, and deducting the populations
of the institutions, leaves a nett population of 79,330
for the district proper (including the 1,405 inhabitants of the
Village Homes, who have now to be counted as belonging
to the district). These institutions are:—
Village Homes 1,405
West Ham Asylum 1,041
Claybury Asylum 2,709
5,155
There were:—
At the Census, 1901—
Number of inhabited houses 7,649
Number of uninhabited houses 721
8,370
At the Census, 1911—
Number of inhabited houses 16,856
Number of uninhabited houses 903
17,759
so that the number of houses has rather more than doubled
in the 10 years.
For the district proper in 1901 there was an average of
4.9 persons per house, and in 1911 this average has been
reduced to 4.3 per house, which accounts for my estimate
being somewhat above the actual figures.
Since the Census was taken in 1911 certificates of completion
have been given for 390 houses, which brings the
total number of houses in the district 17,759 + 390 to 18,149.