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1.—Area and Population.
Metropolitan borough.
Area
(land and
inland water
only).
Population.
Census of
1921.
Census of
1931.
Increase (+ )
or decrease
(—), 19il-31.
Number of
persons per
acre, 1931.
Estimated
mid-1933.
(Resident).
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
City of London..
acres.
677
13,709
10,999
— 2,710
16.2
10,200
Battersea
2,163
167,739
159,552
— 8,187
73.8
154,000
Bermondsey
1,503
119,452
111,542
— 7,910
74.2
107,300
Bethnal Green
760
117,238
108,194
— 9,044
142.4
104,200
Camberwell
4,480
267,198
251,294
—15,904
56.1
243,700
Chelsea
660
63,697
59,031
— 4,666
89.4
58,850
Deptford
1,564
112,534
106,891
— 5,643
68.3
102,800
Finsbury
587
75,995
69,888
— 6,107
119.1
66,640
Fulham..
1,706
157,938
150,928
— 7,010
88.5
148,200
Greenwich
3,858
100,450
100,924
+ 474
26.2
97,830
Hackney
3,287
222,142
215,333
— 6,809
65.5
214,300
Hammersmith
2,287
130,295
135,523
+ 5,228
59.3
131,400
Hampstead
2,265
86,153
88,947
+ 2,794-
39.3
90,380
Holborn
406
43,192
38,860
— 4,332
95.7
36,050
Islingtm
3,092
330,737
321,795
— 8,942
104.1
314,200
Kensington
2,290
175,859
180,677
+ 4,818
78.9
181,100
Lambeth
4,083
302,868
296,147
— 6,721
72.5
289.000
Lewisham
7,015
174,194
219,953
+ 45,759
31.4
221,100
Paddington
1,357
144,261
144,923
+ 662
106-8
141,900
Poplar
2,331
162,578
155,089
— 7,489
66-5
149,300
St. Marylebone
1,473
104,173
97,627
— 6,546
66-3
94,080
St. Pancras
2,694
211,366
198,133
—13,233
73-5
190,900
Shoreditch
658
104,248
97,042
— 7,206
147-5
93,550
Southwark
1,132
184,404
171,695
— 12,709
151-7
164,700
Stepney..
1,766
249,657
225,238
—24,419
127-5
219,100
Stoke Newington
864
52,172
51,208
— 964
59-3
51,120
Wandsworth
9,107
328,307
353,110
+ 24,803
38-8
350,200
Westminster (City)
2,503
141,578
129,579
—11,999
51-8
126,300
Woolwich
8,282
140,389
146,881
+ 6,492
17-7
146,200
Total, Administrative
County of London
74,850
4,484,523
4,397,003
—87,520
58-7
4,298,600