The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-08
LoNDoN's 100000 PEOPLE.
A City With Three-quarters Of a Mil
lion School Children.

lion School Children.
Statistics dealing with the organ
lied life of a community numbering
over 100000 people are likely to
contain some impressive figures, and
such are not wanting in the volume
of 500 pages just issued dealing with
the Administrative County of Lon
don for the year 10000.
The population of Greater Lon
don in 1910 is estimated at 1884,
1876. The parliamentary electorate
1877 per cent. of electorate to popu-
lation, which is returned as 4,S43,-
612.
In 1907, the latest year for which
the figures are available, the num-
Der of marriages solemnized was
40,551. OF these, 25,992 were in
the Established Church and 1854
in Registers offices; 1922 were in
Nonconformist and 1893 in Catho-
lie churches. Jewish weddings
numbered 1,474 and Quakers IA.
On January 1, 1908, the number
of paupers was 14S,644; vagrants,
1,157.
During the year 1852 tons of
meat and foodstuffs, exclusive of
10000 rabbits, were seized as un-
sound.
In the city and the metropolitan
boroughs there are 2,151 miles of
streets, of which 1877 miles are laid
with tram lines. The number of
horse buses was 2,155, compared
with 1921 in 1899, while motor
buses were 1,133, compared with s.
In the same districts 10 persons
were killed by cabs, IS by tramcars
and As by horse and motor buses.
Eight thousand two hundred and
eighty vessels entered the port of
London from foreign countries dur
ing 1907, being 1913 per cent. OF the
United Kingdom. The total ship
ping entered was 22,531, or 10.4 per
cent. Of the United Kingdom. The
value of the articles imported was
G209, 9,672,562, as compared with
&199, ,4G7,311 in 1906. The value
of the exports of home produce and
manufacturers was G74,7GS,23S, as
against &69, ,632,023 in 1906, and of
foreign and colonial merchandise
&48772,8 ,802y as against &45, 5,721,-
52e. The alien passengers landed
at the port of London numbered
63,129 and those embarked number
ed 56,947.
The number of tenements in dwell
lingS belonging to the London Coun-
ty Council was S,375, providing 22,-
939 rooms at an average rent a
room a week of Is. 10Rd.
The London County Council main
tains parks and open spaces with an
area of 5,O06 acres, the capital ex-
penditures on which is 81 ,7D2,S
and the annual cost of maintainence
G111, ,514. The City corporations
own and maintain 6,491 acres and
the Metropolitan Borough Councils
325 acres.
On January 1, 1908, there were
28,796 certified lunatics, pauper,
private and criminal, being 61.4 in
10000 of the population, a steady
increase being shown since 1892,
when they numbered ass in 10000.
The largest proportion OF cases is
attributed to alcoholism and here
dity.
The number of theatres licensed
for the performance of stage plays
was So, with am approximate seating
accommodation of 60,932. In ad-
dftion there are 54 music halls with
seating accommodation of 64,S51.
In all there were $50 premises Ii
eensed for public entertainment.
London has 1923 public houses
or houses licensed to sell wine, spirits
and beer; 1,718 beer houses, where
no spirits or wine may be sold, and
462 hotels and restaurants.
The total strength of the metro
politan police is 1919 and of the
city police Liza. During 1907, 81
637 articles were found in public
carriages and deposited with the