The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-22
LoNDON,s LATEST CENSUS.
Interesting Figures About the Popu
Iation of Biggest City i'm the World.
DaiIv Granhic-

Daily Graphic.
The figures given by the Detailed Abb
stract OK the 1901 census returns Tor the
County OF London" apply exclusively TO
the administrative County Of London, and
the persons actually within that sphere on
the night Of the census. London, as every
one must be aware, Is a name or peculiar
elasticity. If We take ii, for instance, TO
mean the municipal city of London-the
'one square mile'-we find that its sta
tlonary population Is only 26,923 Souls. Ana
II, on the other hand, we take it TO imply
so-called Greater London which en-
braces over 100000 acres and includes such
distant suburbs as EPSON, Farnborough,
Barnet, and Waltham Abbey, Londoners
may then boast the mighty population or
over six and a half millions Q,5Sl,Sl2. Ac-
tually, however, we are concerned Win
London county proper, created in 1898 from
parts of Middlesex, Surrey and Kent, and
having an area Of nearly 1900 acres. Inc
total population of London in this mean
Ing, Is 4,536,54l. In 1901 the p~opulauoh was
just under one million (959,310; 1t has
therefore increased during the century
nearly hye-fOld, but since 1851 a decline In
the rate has been In steady progress. one
of the most potent causes influencing TINS
decrease in the rate of growth OF popuIa-
ton within the county era is the mlgra-
ton of Londoners to the suburban districts
During the last ten years the loss by MI
grafton is calculated as exceeding loV,OVO'
This centrifugal dispersion of town popu--
lation is, however, shared by all great oId
and prosperous cities.
In an ecclesiastical way, London county
is of four dioceses or parts. The diocese or
London has 2.7S6.5S5 parishioners, that OF
Rochester contained in the county, rougn-
", 100000 less; that of St Adams, only
3.OS6; while the diocese of Canterbury, rep
resented exclusively by Lambeth Palace
returned but thirty-seven persons. The pop
ulatiOn Of some OF the civil parishes in the
county was in some cases similarly dlmlnu-
tive. In the city parish of st. John the
Evangelist, for instance, only two persons
were enumerated. Against this ridiculous
total may be set the figures OF IsIngton.
having a population of 1891, or OF Lam
beth, with 301, S95.
The number of families in the metropolis
is returned as just over one million Q,VlS-
546), giving an average of rather more than
"a persons to a family.
There are 81, 76S houses in London, 4O,OOO
uninhabited houses and a rough 5000 now
in process of building. All inhabitants are,
however, not so fortunate as 10 be smell
tered under their hospitable roofs, Tor a
total of 400 persons-224 males and ~ te-
males-were enumerated as having passed
the night of the census in barns, sheds,
caravans or similar places. At the same
time. each of the million families in London
has some holding or tenement. AS regard
the latter, the rate Of increase IN tene-
ments of five rooms and over was exactly
double that shown in of less
than five rooms. Single-rOom de-
clined from IL, SOP in 1891 to 1854, and the
number of one-rOOmed with SIX
or more nmates declined from 4,O9l ten
years ago TO 1.S02. So that in all the aspect
of ov-ercrowded London beginS to look a
little brighter.
The females in London. it may be re-
marked, exceed the males by a quarter OF a
million (252,371.) The number Of children OF
school age 0hree and under fourteen years.
reaches to close upon 100000 C96S,OO1-)
London is, above all things, a busy city,
and in support of this we may note that In
1901 the percentage of the total population
aged ten years and upward engaged IN Oc-
equations was, in the case of men, 1916, and
in the case of women, ga. With regard 10
the occupations followed by men, one of the
nHn anHanan q tho n1nEC1hnA under
the heading electrical apparatus makers
and electrical supply-One, namely, of 166
per cent. Another most notable increase
was i'm the numbers adjoining the over
crowded procession of acting. There are
now 2,234 actors in LondOn-an increase of
70 per cent. over the figures returned in
1891. OF literary people in general, includ-
ing authors, journalists and editors, there
are 3.466-this showing an increase of "A
per cent. in the last ten years. To clOthe
London requires over IS, 700 male ~tailOrS,
an additional 15, SIS women classified as
dressmakers, staymakers, milliners, etc.
This. however, does not include makers
! and dealers of foot gear" nor does ii in
J clude the 1000 odd artificial flower makers
"a profession that has declined in favor by
Al per cent. during the past decade. The
women occupied as commercial or business
clerks have increased in number since the
1891 census to the alarming extent of ISL
per cent. They now number 1907, as
against the S4,317 males occupied in this pro-
sale pursuit.
The LOndOners proper. native in the coun-
try, were returned as just over three mil
lions strong (3,016,5S0.) Others living in
the metropolis included &C. 2l1 Irishmen.
56,6O5 Scotchmen, 35,421 Welshmen and 161,-
22 persons of foreign birth. OF the 135, 377
foreigners not naturalized British subjects,
natives of Russia are now the most numer-
Gus in London; Germany stands second,
Russian Poland follows. France is fourth,
and Italy fifth. The Russians in London
have increased since the last census from
1904 TO 3S,117-fully three-fold, that is
while Italy has doubled her contribution
toward the population, now accounting for
a round 10000.
The American invasion takes the form of
-actorSi No less than three-ffths of the
foreigners returned under this profession
most unkindly referred to by the census as
a minor OccupatiOn'=were natives of the
United States. The musicians from Ger
many, however, Outnumber the actors and
actresses from the States, the figures being
500 German bandsmen against 211 actors
with a rWaEU