Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02
LIFE IN LONDON.
Some Interesting Statistics Of the
Great English Metropolis.

VIM. Elroy Custis in Chicago Record-Herald.
According to the latest census, in the
spring Of 1903, the population of London
within the bounds of the metropolitan po-
lice district was 6.5SO.616. an increase of
3O7 TAG over April. 1901 The population has
doubled within the last fifty years, being
2,363274 by the census of 1851. The city is
now fourteen miles in length, eight miles
in breadth and covers I'D square miles of
ground. There are 5000 streets, which. if
continuous. would form line 1000 miles
long; 571 ,16S registered buildings, 1,019, 546
residences and tenements: 1.50O churches
and 14353 saloons. or one saloon to every
400 inhab itants.
The poorer the section of the city the
larger the number of saloons. In Holborn
there is a saloon to every 2I7 Inhabitants;
in Stepney one to every 294: in Westmin-
ster one to every 600. and out in the Hyde
Park district they run high as one to
every 2, 400 In a certain part of the White
chapel district there is saloon to every
seventeen houses. and in Marylebone one
for every twenty-five houses. AS a con-
sequence the average number of paupers
relieved by the charities of the city during
the winter months of 19O2-03 was 1O5 psi
daily. The increase of late years has been
very great In 1890 the average was o.
$50. The number of patients in the char
liable hospitals averages 1OS000 a year,
and the number of smallpox patients has
averaged 1898 for the last three years.
There are in London more Scotchmen than
in Aberdeen. more Irshmen than in Dublin
more Jews than in Palestine more Roman
Catholics than in Rome. and more than
Is 600 Americans.
The directory contains 1850 pages
There are 1900 different charities includ-
Ing hospitals aSylumS, orphanageS homes
for the poor, invalids and aged missions
dispensaries. which expend about s25, 900, 600
a year. or more than 81 for every man.
woman and child in the city.
There are 493 clubs. societies and assocfa-
tons for social. scientific and literary pur-
poses.
The day public schools number 452 and
accommodate S91 900 children; there are
also 395 evening schools and 100 private
schools. The men teachers in the public
schools number 1868. the women teachers
1855. and they are assisted by 100 pupil
teachers.
There are 10000 policemen, 1000 firemen.
ninety-one land fire engines and eight river
engines. Eight companies supply go 600. :
600 gallons of water daily. of which no
100000 gallons, or twenty-eight gallons per
capita of the population, are used for do
nestle purposes, and the gross income of
the water companies is 10.S6O. 600 from reg
ular rate payers. Five gas companies sup
ply $4,000, 600 feet of gas daily to about 3 =
100000 different customers. who nav them
$26, 10000 year. This is in addition to
the electric lighting companies, which be-
long to the vestries Of the several parishes
into which the city is divided
The total cost of running the government
OF London last year was as follows:
Care of poor and afflicted ........... 500 473 O75
1anU.t :. :. ''.''..'...... 800 $50
permanent improvements. ............. 30. PIT 24O
PuDllc purposes ..................... %, S95 600
fstr oorornmant ''''''''''''''''''... LEI $50
The municipal debt is s252 500 600. 'si' ''' 40'