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REPORT FOR 1881.
TOWN HALL, HACKNEY,
April 24th, 1882.
In my last Report I very briefly referred to the population
and number of inhabited houses in this large district, and
showed that there had been an increase of about 61,000
inhabitants, and of more than 8,000 inhabited houses. I was
unable to compare the returns from other Parishes and Districts
as they were not then published, but I am now able to lay
before you some account concerning them. The last Census
shows that the increase in the resident population of London
has occurred chiefly in the outskirts, as the great centres of
business are now not occupied at night by most of those who
carry on their professions, and even trades, in or near the centre
of London. Thus, in the City of London the night population
has, during the years 1861-81, diminished to the extent of
54.8 per cent.; in the Strand District it has decreased as
much as 30.5 per cent., in St. Giles' 16.3 per cent., in Westminster
11.9 per cent., and in many others a decrease has also
occurred, but to a lesser extent. The dimunition in St. Giles'
and some other Metropolitan Parishes has, however, partly
arisen from the number of houses, either unfit for human habitation
or required for improvements, which have been pulled
down during this period. The day population of the City has,
however, increased in nearly the same proportion as the night
population has decreased, as between 1866, when a day census was
taken by the City authorities, and December, 1881, when