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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
OF
The Vestry of St. James, Westiminster.
Reverend Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the following Report
upon the Public Health of the Parish of St. James's,
"Westminster, for the year 1881.
According to the Census of 1881, the District of the
Parish of St. James's covers an area of 162 acres, and
contains a population of 29,865.
The Golden Square Sub-District covers an area of 54
acres, and contains a population of 11,585, whereas at
the Census of 1871 its population was 12,860—showing
a diminution during the ten years 1871-80 of 1,275 in
the number of its inhabitants.
The Berwick Street Sub-District covers an area of
108 acres, and, whereas in 1871 it contained a population
of 20,759, in 1881 it contained only 18,280, showing a
diminution of 2,479.
The District of the Parish of St. James's, therefore, has
diminished in its population by 3,754 persons during the
last decade; its population in 1881 being 29,865 against
83,619 in the year 1871. This decrease in the resident
population is due, doubtless, to the growing value of
business premises, and to an increasing tendency to reside
in the suburbs of London. The mean density of the