Milford chronicle., 1896-10-16
NEw YoRK's POPULATION,
sora Inhabitants to the Acre Than In
Paris Congested Section.

Acre Inhabitants to the Acre Than In
Paris Congested Section.
The municipal authorities Of Paris have
Just completed the official enumeration Of
she population Of the French capital,
which they find to be . 500, 000. Such a
computation is made every five years, and
that of 1891 showed the population Of
Paris to be 2, Az, 957. The French system
of taking a census is characterized by
method and precision, for it is not based
on n haphazard report Of the number Of
residents Of the city at stated time but
IS reached in very different and more
satisfactory way. First of all, the emu
meration of the inhabitants at the last pre-
ceding census is taken, and TO this is add
cd the number of children born within the
city-the French birth statistics are in
nexibly exact-and from it is deducted the
number of deaths, these being also an ex-
act quantity, but no more so than is the
case in New York, where no serious errors
in the death rate are possible, though tho
birth rate figures are sometimes mislead-
ing and incomplete. In addition TO these
two items Of information the local author
tiles of French cities and communes have
an exact record Of the newcomers from
other places, whether transients or per-
manent residents, and of those who leave,
md a census under these circumstances is /
not, therefore, an enumeration but a com
pilation Of figures previously obtained
The area of the city Of Paris is 90, 600
acres, and the average population to the
acre is, therefore, 1925. A steady gain In
the density of population has been in prog
ress for some years in Paris, and it is pref
~ well distributed throughout the town
more evenly, in fact, than is the case in
either London or New York. What is
known as the ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of tho Tenn
PIE is the most thickly poputtod section |
Of Paris, and it has 800 peIs 1ns to the |
acre How this compares with the density |
of population in the city Of New York is |
shown by the following; BY the last fig |
ures of the board of health based on the |
enumeration OF April, 1895, tho present |
population Of the Tenth ward of this city |
is 20, 1853. The area of this ward is 10 /
acres, and the population to the acre is,
therefore, 637, besides which the density |
of population in the most congested region
Of Paris seems almost unimportant
The population of the Tenth ward has
increased from co. 600 TO 10, 600 within the
last ten years, and the population to the
acre has been steadily rising, Of course
Nor is there any diminution of it now
Tie Seventh ward of this city, with an
acreage of 200, has "a population OF 5000
or 375 to the acre. London is Justly en-
titled to precedence as the largest city in
the world, not merely in population, but
in area as well. The distinction between
The two is sometimes overlooked. 1t ie GUS
.omary in some cities to roughly annex all
he available suburban territory, while
other cities adhere to ordinary geographical
ines The city Of Chicago is three times
IS large in area as New York, but the ac-
ual population of Chicago despite the alb
,urd claims to the contrary of some Chica-
20 enthusiasts, is materially less. New
York has an acreage of rs, 600 and is larger
han Paris, with 90 600; Berlin, with Is, 600,
md Vienna, with 10, 700, The Twenty
ourth ward of New York, forming the
iorthcrn boundary of the city, includes
moro than ono-third of the total area of the
own, but it had by the last enumeration
ass than $4,000 in population, or about
he same as the Fourteenth ward, with an
.rea OF 90 acres, while the Twenty-fourth
overs 10, goo acres. This detail is impor-
ant, for persons examining the matter SUI
CRITICALLY and not making allowance for {
heextent Of the unsettled and undcyeloped {
-wenty-fourth ward fail TO realize how 1
ense is the population OF New York city, ,
nd to understand how much it is com ,
acted in many sections Of the territory
outh of the line of Fourteenth street.
The recent Partisan census does not alter
he position of the French capital in ro-
pect to the population, for it stands as be- !
ore, second only TO London, but not ma t
arially nearer than it was five years ago. S
he total population of the Greater New
-ork win put this city in second place, for
he estimate of the Greater New York pop
lation is now ., zoo, 600, and it is growing
lore rapidly all the time and in greater
alto than is the city of Paris.-New York Z
un