Volume 1

Census of England and Wales, 1911 (10 Edward 7 and 1 George 5, ch. 27.).

  • Great Britain. Census Office.
Date:
1912-23
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Census of England and Wales, 1911 (10 Edward 7 and 1 George 5, ch. 27.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Increase (+) or POPULATION. Decrease (—) per cent. in Int 1 Period. Boroughs arranged in order of their ition Bee Increase or Decrease, 1901-1911. Between Between ret | ete | er 1891-1901. | 1901-1911. Bhoraditel ea.y Uh at Raine ee es 118,637 | 111,390 — 47 — 61 Stepney eos 13) Sedmebeis te SEE Ee 298,600 | 279,804 + 47 6:8 Southwark et ott ae “ee 202,479 206,180 191,907 + 18 — 69 St. Pancras... sas det = 235,345 235,317 218,387 — 0° — 72 Chelsea... An AA ee a 72,954 73,842 66,385 + 1:2 — 101 St. Marylebone Ac pie aX 143,487 133,301 118,160 ee el — jl4 Westminster, City of ... ¥< oe 201,969 183,011 160,261 — 94 | — 12-4 Finsbury ra ois fr ers 109,981 | 101,463 87,923 — V7 | — 13:3 Holborn 35 eh ay Be 66,781 59,405 49,357 — 11:0 — 16% City of London* —.... Ny af 37,702 26,923 19,657 — 286 | — 27-0 * The City of London comprises an area of 675 acres, which is mainly covered by buildiugs used for business and not for residential purposes. ‘The census included those persons only: who passed the night of the census within the city boundaries and did not take account of the citizens engaged in the city in the daytime. It has been customary for the County Purposes Committee of the Corporation to supplement the ordinary census by the taking of a special day census. This special census took place on this occasion on 25th April, 1911, and the returns showed that 364,061 persons were engaged in the day time within the “ walls and liberties ” of the city Greater London and the Outer Ring.—‘‘ Greater London” is a term used to describe the area covered by the Metropolitan and City of London Police Districts ; it contains besides the Administrative County of London, a wide belt of suburban towns and districts, designated for convenience the “ Outer Ring.” It will be seen from the subjoined table that the inhabitants of Greater London now exceed seven and a quarter millions, and although the growth in the decennium 1901-1911 was less than in the preceding decennia, 1t amounted to nearly 670,000 persons, or 10°2 per cent. In the Outer Ring the increase of population had been about 50 per cent. in each of the three intercensal periods between 1861 and 1891, and 45 per cent. in the period 1891-1901. In the last intercensal period it fell to 33 per cent.; this, however, represents a numerical addition of 684,538 persons, an addition greater than that in any previous intercensal period, and considerably more than the entire population of the Outer Ring fifty years ago. TABLE P. PoPruLATION. | Rates of Increase or Decrease per cent. | , { | | | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1861 1861. 1871. 1881. 1891. | 190i. 191d to to | to to to to 1871. | 1881. | 1891. | 1901. | 1911. } 1911. Administrative | | County of London |2,808,494 |3,261,396 |3,830,297 4,227,954 |4,536,267 |4,521,685 161 | 17°4 | 10°'4| 7°3|-—0°3] 61°0 Z | | } | | Outer Ring | 414,226 624,245 | 936,364 |1,405,852 |2,045,135 |2,729,673 | 50°7 | 50°O | 50°1 | 45°5 |.33°5 | 559°0 ) | | | Greater London -../B,222,720 13,885,641 4,766,661 5,633,806 |6,581,402 7,251,358 | 20°6 | 22°7 | 18:2 | 16°8 | 10°2 | 125°0 | | TABLE Q.—UConstITUTION oF “ OuTER RING.”. eee ai el Increase per cent. in : Population. Intercensal Period. 1891. | 1901. | 1911, 1891-1901. | 1901-1911. In Surrey: Urban Districts with populations exceeding 20,000 :— Croydon i iis +: ho Oe, 102,695 133,895 169,551 30°4 26°6 Wimbledon... Pe obs on ic, Maks 25,777 41,652 54,966 61°6 32°0 Kingston upon Thames oe soe MAB 27,059 34,375 37,975 27:0 10°5 Richmond vee ihe act eis wpe Bi 26,875 31,672 O8,221 4? 1748 4:9 Barnes ... as ies +b ese UD: 14,673 17,821 30,377 21° 70°58 Sutton ... HE Bar oe 2+< pea 13,977 17,223 21,270 23°2 23°5 Other Urban Districts... Ve vai se 46,951 57,981 91,418 23°5 Yaa | Rural Parishes... ine *c ae 28 37,786 50,024 87,588 32°4 70%n Toran ~ wie ss} 295,793 | 384,643 526,366 30:0 36°8