Search -
Reports Relating to the Sanitary Condition of the City of London
Reports Relating to the Sanitary Condition of the City of London Author:John Simon General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Original Publisher: J. W. Parker and son Description: "The following reports, officially addressed to the commissioners of sewers of the city of London, were originally printed only for the use of the corporation" - Pref. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the ... more »original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. November 25th, 1851. Gentlemen, T HAVE the honour of laying hefore you, in the various -- subjoined tables, such information as will enable you to measure the present sanitary condition of the City of London. 1. The first table (Appendix, No. I.) contains a statement of the present population of the City, as derived from the Registrar-General's recent census; and it compares the ex isting numbers in each division of the City with those given at the last enumeration in 1841., . In examining this table you will observe that, during these ten years, the general population of the City has increased about 3| per cent.; that this increase has not been uniform through the nine sub-districts of your jurisdiction; that in some it has been unimportant; that in others there has been an actual decrease, extending even to 4f per cent. on the previous population; while in the whole East London Union the numbers have risen considerably above the aggregate rate of increase, and in the St. Botolph sub- district exceed those of the former census by more than 16 per cent. Passing over the minor differences which have taken place in the distribution of the population, I cannot regard that larger increase without apprehension and regret. Pro- bably for the most part it represents the continued influx of a poor population into localities undesirable for residence, and implies t...« less