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5
POPULATION
During the year 1924 the estimated population as supplied by the
Registrar-General has increased by 250, being 187,714 as against 187,464
in the previous year.
All the rates in my report are calculated on the former figure, and
the General and Vital Statistics cover a period of 53 weeks instead of the
usual 52 weeks. This is in compliance with the request of the Registrar
General, who has calculated the year to end on the 3rd January, 1925.
It will be seen from the subjoined table that the greater increase in
population has taken place in the Newington District, with a lesser
increase in Christchurch and St. Saviour's Wards, whilst St. George's
District shows a slight decrease.
The total increase of 250 persons in this already congested Borough
does not tend to abate the overcrowding which is one of its outstanding
features.
The Bye-laws in regard to Houses Let in Lodgings foreshadowed in
last year's report have not yet materialised, and these matters are still in
abeyance.
The population of the several divisions of the Borough at each
Census since 1841, and also the estimated population for 1922, 1923 and
1924 are as follows:—
Newington.
St. George's.
St. Saviour's and
Christchurch.
1841
54,693
—
—
1851
64,816
51,824
35,731
1861
82,157
55,510
36,169
1871
88,691
56,083
31,294
1881
107,831
58,652
31,628
1891
115,663
59,740
27,116
1901
121,863
60,998
23,319
1911
116,819
55,782
19,316
1921
114,987
52,114
17,303
1922
116,683
52,996
17,541
1923
117,200
52,690
17,574
1924
117,500
52,610
17,604