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as evidenced by a reference to the returns of population at
the decennial census.
The population of London was in the year
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
Or an increase of about 276 per cent. since the year 1821,
and the population of "Greater London," in 1881, was returned
as 4,764,312.
That as further evidence that additional accommodation is
urgently required, it may be fairly stated, that the purely
local traffic must of necessity have greatly increased since
the Bridge was opened, and your Memorialists beg to refer
to the following tables showing the growth of population,
&c., in your Memorialists' district, and in the two parishes
adjacent to the Bridge on the Surrey side of the River.
HAMMERSMITH.
YEAR.
Inhabited
Houses.
Houses
Building.
Uninhabited
Houses.
Males.
POPULATION
Females.
Total.
1821
1406
22
68
4032
4777
8809
1831
1712
78
173
4645
5577
10,222
I84I
2214
59
95
6262
7191
13,453
1851
3115
140
199
7819
9941
17,760
l86l
4164
91
258
10,770
13,749
24,519
1871
6719
320
874
19,304
23,387
42,691
l88l
10,543
416
1492
32,743
39,173
71,916