Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1899.

  • St. Olave (London, England). Board of Works.
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[1900]
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Credit: Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1899. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 VITAL STATISTICS. Population, etc.—The populations of the several parishes of the District at the censuses of 1881, 1891 and 1896 were— 1881. 1891. 1896. Area in acres. St. Olave 2,247 2,159 ] 2,314 48 St. Thomas 781 752 8 St. John, Horselydown 8,928 9,812 9,417 69 11,956 12,723 11,731 125 The density of population in 1896 was 94 persons per acre; for Registration London it was 59 to an acre. I have based the calculations in the following Reports upon the population of all ages as usually estimated to the middle of the year 1899. This is 11.128. I think this estimate is not less than the true popula tion, because, notwithstanding the demolition of houses in connection with the Tower Bridge Approach and the South Eastern Railway Extensions, the natural increase of the population or excess of births over deaths during the past three years has been 602. Moreover, the number of persons belonging to the District who were in outlying public institutions, of whom 92 died during the year, is unknown, and therefore not allowed for in the estimate of population. Allowance is also made in the calculations for the fact that the Registrar's Returns include exactly 52 weeks. B