The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
LoNDoN's LATEST CENSUS
Interesting Figures About the Popu- lation of the Biggest City <
 in the World

Daily Graphic.
 The figures given by the Detahed Aoo 40, stract of the 1901 Census Returns TOT tne County of London" apply exclusively to the administrative county of London. anu
 the persons actu1lly within that sphere OH the night of the census. Londoh, as
 every one must be aware. ID nsnae sn ,nl V. peculiar elasticity. If we take 1t, Tor in-
 stance, to mean the municipal city or
 London-the 'one square mile we nnu that its stationary population is oniy
 26,92S souls. And If. on the other nanu. .o,
 we take it to imply so-called "Greater
 London" which embraces over 4oo,op
 acres. and includes such distant suburbs as Epsom.J Farnborough. Barnet ana
 Waltham Abbery, Londoners may then
 boast of the mighty population of over six and a half millions B,5Sl,3s2):s Act,i- ally, however, we are concerned wiln
 London County proper, crealed III 1909 from parts of the Middlesex. Surrey and Kent, and having an area of nearly Io,VVo acres. The total population of London, in this meaning, Is 4,526.54f. In 1891 the pop uIatlon was just under one million t5os,-
 9lO: it has heretofore increased durins the century nearly five-foid, but since 1851 a decline in the rate has been in steady progress. One of the most potent causes influencing thls decrease Tn the rate of growth of population within the county area Is the migration of Lonuon- CTS to the suburban districts. During the last ten years the loss by migration IS calculated as exceeding 1oO.000. This cen trifugal dispersion of town population ls:
 however. shared by all great, old anu prosperous cities
 In an ecclesiastical way. London Coun-
 ty is of four diioceses or parts. The diocese of London has 2.7S6.5s5 parisnion-
 CTS; that of Rochester contained Tn the county roughly, 100000 less: that of St. Albans. only 3.0S6: while the diocese of
 Canterbury, represented exclusively by
 Lambeth Palace. returned but thirty-sev- on persons. The population or some or some cases similarly dlminutive. In the city parish of St. John the Evangelist. for instance. only two persons were emu merated. Against this ridiculous total ing population of 33I,99l, or of Lam- breth with 30l ,S95.
 The number of families in the metrop- oils is returned as just over one million d,019,A6), giving an average or rather more than IA persons, to a family.
 There are j71,76S houses in London. 40.- 069 unlnhab blted houses and rough 5000 now in process of building. All inhabit- ants are. however, not SO fortunate as to be sheltered under their hosiptable roofs for total of 450 persons--g2l males and iS2 N females-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 lat ter the rate of increase in tenements of tve rooms and over was exactly double that shown in tenements of less than five rooms. Single room tenements declined from l72,5O2 in 1891 to 14g,j24. and the number of one-roomed tenements with six or more inmates declined from i,19i ten years ago to 1902. So that in all the aspect of overcrowded London begins to look d little brighter.
 The females in London. it may be re- marked. exceed the males by a quarter of a million (252.371) The number or children of school age (three and under fourteen years) reaches to close upon l 100000 (96S,007.)
 London is, above all things. a busy city. and in support Of this we may note that In 1901 the percentage of the total i population aged 10 years and upward en- gagged In ocupations, was, in the case of men S3.6 and in the case of women 37.4 With regard to the occupations followed by men. one of the greatest increases Is that classified under the heading electrical apparatus makers and electrical supply one, namely. of 16G per cent, Another most notable increase was in the numbers adorning the oyercrowded profession otI acting. There are now 2.23i actors in I.ondon-an increase of 75 per cent. over the figures returned in 1891. Of literary people in general. incilAding authors, jour nalfsts aud editors. thers are Si6S-this showing an increase of Aaper ceat. In the