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calculated upon a number of houses which entirely disregards the tenement
system.
The following note on the population of the Metropolis will probably
be read with interest, as it shows what changes have taken place around
us:—
THE POPULATION OF LONDON.
According to the last return of the Registrar-General, the enumerated population of
London, subject to slight revision, was 3,814,571 on the 3rd April last. In 1871 the
population was 3,254,260; the increase therefore in ten years is 560,311, a total not far
from the total of Liverpool. The decennial rate of increase has been 17 per cent,, whereas
in 1861-71 it was 16 per cent., and in 1851-61 it was nearly 19 per cent.
Taking equal area the population since 1801 are as follow
Year.
Population.
1801
958,863
1811
1,138,815
1821
1,378,947
1831
1,654,994
1841
1,948,417
1851
2,362,236
1861
2,803,989
1871
3,254,260
1881
3,814,571
The districts north of the Thames now have a population of 2,548,993, the number in
1871 having been 2,286,568. The increase is therefore 262,425, and the decennial rate
of increase nearly 12 per cent. These returns are set out in the following table:—
District.
Population,
1871.
Population,
1881.
Kensington
217,112
270,022
Fulham
66,041
114,811
Chelsea
71,089
88,101
St. George's, Hanover-square
155,936
149,603
Westminster
51,181
46,456
Marylebone
159,254
155,004
Hampstead
32,281
45,436
St. Pancras
221,465
236,209
Islington
213,778
282,628
Hackney
124,951
186,400
St. Giles
53,556
45,257
Strand
41,339
33,514
Holborn
163,491
151,716
London, City
75,983
51,306
Shoreditch
127,164
126,565
Bethnal Green
120,104
127,006
Whitechapel
76,573
71,350
St. George's, East
48,052
47,011
Stepney
57,690
58,500
Mile End
93,152
105,573
Poplar
116,376
156,525
Total North London
2,286,568
2,548,993