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during the last 10 years, has by no means been increasing
at the rate which former experience had led us to anticipate;
and that hence the London death-rates during the last
few years have become from year to year more and more
under-estimated. Roughly speaking, the effect on the
mortuary rate for the year 1800 would be to increase the
estimate by one to one and a half per thousand. I shall
not pursue this subject so far as the Metropolis is concerned;
but I take the present opportunity of placing before you in
tabular form certain facts relating to the growth of the
Metropolis as derived from the 10 Census returns from
1801 to 1891 inclusive.
Table I. shows, so far as I have been able to ascertain
them, the number of inhabited and of uninhabited houses,
and of houses building, as determined at each Census,
together with the actual increase and the increase per cent.
from one census to another:—
Table I.—Number of Houses in London, as Determined at the
Censuses, together with the Actual Increase, and the
Increase per 100 from Census to Census.
Year.
Inhabited.
Uninhabited
Total.
Actual
Increase.
Increase
per 100
Building
1801
121,229
5,185
126,414
—
—
—
1811
141,732
4,571
146,303
19,889
15.7
3,121
1821
164,681
8,246
172,927
26,624
18.2
3,299
1831
196,666
16,408
213,074
40,147
23.2
4,086
*1841
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—
—
—
—
—
1851
305,933
16,643
322,576
†109,502
450.4
4,815
1861
359,421
15,774
375,195
52,619
16.3
4,027
1871
417,617
32,320
449,937
74,742
20.0
5,104
1881
486,186
36,966
523,152
73,215
16.3
7,749
‡1891
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Note.— * I have not been able to learn facts concerning this year. † Increase in
20 years. ‡ Facts not yet published.