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London, England, 1821-10-18 00:00:00

POPULATION RETURNS, 1821.

The Abstract of the Answers and Returns made
pursuant to an Act of the last Session of Parliament,
" for taking an Account of the Population of Great
Britain, and of the Increase and Diminution thereof,"
is now in a very forward state. Clerks of the House
of Commons, together whh about fifteen assistants,
are daily occupied in the Committee-rooms digesting
those several answers and returns. Mr. PHILLIPS, the
Speaker's Secretary, is particularly active in the su-
perintendence of this great national work. The grand
totals, however, for the several Counties, cannot yet
be made, as some returns, or amended returns, are
still wanting; and for the obtaining of such requisite!
documents forthwith, special Circulars, where there
had been omissions or defective answers, have been
forwarded. London and Middlesex, laborious as it
must have been for them to comply with the orders
of Parliament, have been unusually prompt and ac-
curate in returning the required information ; these
are fewer deficiencies for London and Middlesex than
for any other Divisions of Great Britain.
Some of the details we shall lay before our Readers;
their accuracy may be relied on. They are interest-
ing, 'as will be mote particularly perceived by the
comparisons with the last Returns in 1811. We shall
first give some of the Hundreds in Middlesex, re-
markable for being well known and populous ; and
then some of the Parishes in the Metropolis where
there have been carried on, or are takine place, great
changes in buildings, in forming new streets, &c.
Ensiostrox.—Males, 11,855; females, 13,916—t0ta1, 25,771.
In 1811, the total was 20,577 ; so that there is an increase of
5,194, or one•Mth, in ten years.
ELTHORNE (consisting of Brentford, Uxbridge, &c.)—Males,
8,967 ; females, B,B76—total, 17,841. In 1811, the total was
15,266; increase, 2,377, or one-seventh.
Goax (which includes Edgeware, Harrow, &c.)—Males,
5,067; females, 4,739—t0ta1, 9,806. In 1811, the total was
6,738; the increase therefore being 1,068, or nearly one-ninth.
Isi.xworrn.—Males, 5,735; females, 6,550—t0ta1, 12,285.—.
The total of 1811 being 10,669, there is an increase of 1,616, or
less than one-eighth.
Seximioasi (Hampton, Statues, Teddington, &c.)-r-Males,
6,514 ; females, 5,903—t0ta1, 12,417. The total of 1811 was
11,656; so that the increase is only 761.
The Hundreds of Ossulston and the Pat i,,hes in the
Metropolis here named, will, in some instances, shew
still greater changes (f another character, namely,
in the Buildings, &c.
ossuLsros, DIVISION.-Males, 56,316; females,
63,480.--r:ltal, 119,1402. In 1811, the returns were—males,
42,503 ; female., 50,055—t0ta1, 92,535. Increase, 27,264, or
nearly op.-fourth. In St. lark:is, Clerkenwell, there are houses
inMdsited, 4995; building, 185; uninhabited, 202—total, 538!.
In 1811, there were houses inhabited, 4166; budding, 104 ; un-
inhabited, 108—total, 4378. So that there is an increase of 98 in
the houses building, and of 1004 in the grand total of houses.—
lii St. Mary's, Islington' there are houses inhabited, 3495 ;
building, 124; uninhabited, 172—total, 3791. In 1811, there
were houses inhabited, 2399; building, 185 ; uninhabited, 7!—
total, 2656. Increase in the number of houses, 1135, or much
above one-third.

Out/1470x, Towrit Divistos.—.-Males, 163,709; females,
137,948—t0ta1, 301,650. In 1811, the returns were—males,
108,090; females, 129,357—t0ta1, 237,487, being an increase of
64,163. It is curious, as well u singular, for the remark does
nut apply to other returns here mentioned, that according to the
present account there are now 25,754 more males than females
in this Hundred; while in 1811, there were 21,507 more fe-
males than males!