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City of London 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]

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Table: No. I.— Number of Inhabited Houses, Number of the Population, and Density of the Population in each of the City Districts, in the Census Years—1841, 1851, 1861and1871.

No. I.— Number of Inhabited Houses, Number of the Population, and Density of the Population in each of the City Districts, in the Census Years—1841, 1851, 1861and1871.

city districts.Area in Statute Acres.Inhabited Houses.Population.Persons to a House.Persons to an Acrc.
1841185118611871184118511861187118111851186118781141185118611871
East London Union1534,7964,7394,4893,33639,65544,40640,68728,1238.39.49.08.4260290266184
West London Union1363,0102,C702,5801,87429,14228,83327,14518,7469.710.810.410.0214212200138
City of London Union.4347,9217,2976,3624,22555,92055,93245,55528,9737.07.77.16.812912910567
Entire City72315,72714,70613,4319,435124,717129,171113,38775,8427.98.88.48.0172178157105

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Note.—The Census of the City in 1871 represents the population on a Sunday at midnight, when it is at its very minimum; for the day population
of the City is perhaps above a quarter of a million. In 1866 the mercantile day population was ascertained, and it amounted to
170,133. The number has no doubt increased since that time, but taking it at only 170,133, the day population of the City will be
245,975 (170,133 + 75,842). It appears, therefore, that, in the day time, the density of the City population is not less than 340 persons
to an acre, and in the night time 105 to an acre. In the whole of the Metropolis it is but 41 7 persons to an acre, and in the 20 chie
towns of England it is only 33.8; while in the districts of all the chief towns of the Kingdom, it is but 3.9 per acre; and in all England
and Wales it is but 0.6 per acre. The density of the City population is therefore still excessive.