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Officers of the Whitechapel District Board of Works,
No. 15, Great Alie Street,
London, E.,
February 27th, 1890.
Gentlemen,
Previously to inviting your attention to the various
matters which are contained in the Report for the year 1889,
which I have the honor to submit for your perusal, I propose to
quote as usual some items which I have culled from the Report
for the year 1888, issued from the Office of the Registrar-General.
Such information may be interesting to any member who desires
to supplement certain particulars which were included in my
Report for that year.
REGISTRATION LONDON.
Area. The Area of Registration London is 77,410 acres, or 121
square miles, including 2718 acres of tidal water. The length of
streets and roads is more than 1600 miles.
Elevation. The population of London resides at a mean
elevation of 39 feet above Trinity high water mark.
Houses. At the Census in 1881 there were within this area
486,056 inhabited houses, containing an average of 7.9 persons to
a house.
Density (1888). 142 persons to a hectare; 57.3 persons to an
acre; 36,700 to a square mile. No account is here taken of tidal
water.
Annual Rate of Increase of Population
per cent.
1861-71 1.50
1871-81 1.61
1888.
Population (estimated to
the middle of the year)
Males 2,017, 169
Females 2,265, 752
Persons 4, 282, 921
Marriages 34,617
Annual Rate of persons married per 1000 of the population 16.1
Births
Male 66,629
Females 64,451
Persons 131,080
Annual Rate of Births per 1000 of the population 30.7
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