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At the first blush this might be regarded as an
indication of a want of prosperity and a withdrawal
of the population to more active centres of industry.
It will be seen however, by a reference to the census
of London, that in many of the more industrial
the population has decreased. Thus the City of
London in 1861 had a population of 112,063, but
in 1871 this small number of inhabitants had
dwindled to 74,732 people. But in all these ten years
the business and wealth of the City had increased
and it was ascertained a few years ago that the
day population of the City was 170,133. Another
illustration is afforded by Marylebone which in 1861
contained 161,680 inhabitants, but in 1871 numbered
159,177, being a dimunition of 2,503 inhabitants.
The dimunition of particular Districts in the
Parish will be seen by the following tables:—
Saint James's Square Division.
Population in 1851, 11,469
Ditto in 1801, 10,753
Diminution in 10 years, 716
Population in 1871, 10,453
Diminution from 1861 to 1871, 300
This is the wealthiest District of the Parish of
Saint James, and the least populated. There are,
however, certain streets and courts, which have been
over-populated, and the sanitary efforts made to
prevent overcrowding may have produced the dimunition
of about 1000 of its inhahitants during the
last 20 years.