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SECTION I.
Vital Statistics.
Estimated Population for 1897—7913.
It is exceedingly difficult to accurately estimate the population of
a rising District like yours, more especially as the estimate has to be
made to the middle period of the year.
If the method of the Registrar General were used, the result
would be erroneous, since it takes for granted that the population goes
on increasing or decreasing in the same ratio during a Census interval,
that it did in the previous Census period.
During 1897, 134 new houses were brought into rating—that is
to say were occupied—bringing up the total number of inhabited houses
in the District to 1425.
At the Census of 1891, the number of persons per house was 5.3,
so multiplying the number of inhabited houses by the probable average
number of inmates in each house, we get 7552 persons as the
estimated population.
To this must be added the inmates of the St. Marylebone Schools
about 361 : so that for statistical purposes the estimated population is
7913. The Education Department regards the number of children
between the ages of 3 and 13 as 1/6 of the whole population.
I do not consider the average number of persons per house (5.3)
is too high, as allowance must be made for the fact that an unusually
large number of houses are occupied by members of more than one
family.
The inmates of the London County Asylum, Norwood are not
included in this Estimate.
The patients and resident staff number about 2167.
Population Census, 1891.
Southall 4407
Norwood Village 781
London County Asylum 2037
St. Marylebone Schools 335
7560
Total number of inhabited
houses 971
Estimated Population to middle
of 1897.
Southall - Norwood and
Inmates of St. Marylebone
Schools(about361)
London County Asylum
Resident staff & patients
7913
2167
10080
Total number of inhabited
houses 1425