Census of England & Wales, 1931 : general report.

  • General Register Office Northern Ireland
Date:
1950
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Credit: Census of England & Wales, 1931 : general report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13. Smaller Towns. The nature of the range of movement in towns with less than 50,000 resident population in 1931 may be gauged from the following lists showing the towns whose populations have increased by more than 5,000 or have decreased by more than 1,000 between Ig2t and 1931. It is necessary to observe that while the series of successive Census returns affords significant long range evidence of the growth or otherwise of various types of area, the movements recorded for individual areas, particularly those of growing towns, between pairs of adjacent Censuses must be viewed in the light of any special features attending the several enumerations. By the use, in the above comparisons, of resident populations instead of the numbers actually enumerated it has been possible to avoid the distortion that would otherwise have resulted from purely temporary displacements of population, such, for example, as was exceptionally prevalent at the 1921 Census owing to its postponement to a time of year when many holiday and health resorts were subject to an abnormal amount of seasonal inflation. At the same time it has to be remembered that the Census record of necessity relates to areas of defined administrative boundaries, in respect of which developments, whether by growth of population or merely re-adjustment of population arising from improved standards of housing and environment, frequently involve encroachment into adjoining areas and are not in that event automatically related to the areas with which they might reasonably be associated. Boundaries are modified from time to time to give effect to the INCREASES OF MORE THAN 5,000. Area No. Per Area No. Per, cent. cent. Buckinghamshire : Middlesex : Sigbeh) UD. ¢.. +o SPL SI250: 65:8 Friern Barnet U.D. ... eo 10, 31-5 Harrow-on-the-Hill U.D. re B00 43-3 Cheshire : Hayes and Harlington U.D. ... | 14,193 144-9 Bebington and Bromborough 7,467 | 38-5 Kingsbury U.D. : ... | 15,158} 818-5 U.D. Ruislip Northwood U. iv ah 7,230 | 80:3 Cheadle and Gatley U.D. ... | 7,500 67:8 Southall Norwood U.D. ... | 8,480 27°5 Ellesmere Port and aes Twickenham M.B._... .. | 9,880} 15-5 U.D. = 5,620 | 42-1 Uxbridge U.D. ey oo ALO, 86] b23 . Wealdstone U.D. ee alle De 99-9 Devonshire : Wembley U.D. eae 20433, 110) 1620545 Paignton U.D. aS: .. | 5,520} 44-2 Torquay M.B. ... bid ... | 9,469} 27-9 | Southampton : Aldershot M.B. ahs ..0 | 5,080') » 19-3 - Durham : : Billingham U.D. oa ... » 9,841) 128-7 | Surrey : Barnes U.D._ ... 8,620 | 25-3 Essex : Beddington and Wallington 10,210; 63-4 Benfleet U.D. ... a een iG, 080438 TOES UD: Chelmsford M.B. +} iO J00 ie 20-6 Carshalton U.D. ..« | 15,160 | 108-3 Chingford U.D. es ..- |-12,970'|- 137-5 Coulsdon and gene § UD 16,960'} 80:5 Colchester M.B. ar leo te 5060 12-7 Epsom: UDT <2. vscet DDO 45-4 Hornchurch U.D. a ... | 18,086 | 166-6 Guildford M.B. wee] 5,674 to 9 22-4 Romford U.D. we ... | 16,840 86-4 Merton and Morden U, D. ... | 24,680 | 140-9 oy UD.) ok 8 ets OO /Ob . f 10 Surbiton U.D. . ..- | 10,580 | 54-7 Sutton and Cheam Gh: D. 17,729 61-9 Hertfordshire : The Maldens and Coombe U. D. 9,380 65-0 East Barnet Valley U.D. Ree into miss.) 39-2 Welwyn Garden City U.D. ... | 7,890 |1,059-1 | Sussex, West : Worthing M.B. S. .» | 11,507 | 34-6 Kent : Beckenham U.D. inh SP ey OR 35-0 | Warwickshire : “pexney VLD. . v.. = A Bae W 96°8 Sutton Coldfield M.B.... skal Ootig 25°7 Bromley M.B. ... or ‘ecm SUAS AN tees re . Worcestershire : Lancashire : Oldbury U.D. ... ers ... | 5,001 16-0 Great Crosby U.D.... 5,210} 38-4 Morecambe and ae M.B. 6,290 | 36-1 | Yorkshire, West Riding : Prestwich U.D. ‘ 5,220 27:6 Adwick-le-Street U.D. Tae ce 69:3 Thurnscoe U.D. Lb NS, S800 2200-3 Lincolnshire (Lindsey) : Scunthorpe and Frodingham 6,110 | . 22-0 WD. sent 8) i a eh eter ot Pe
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