Report, Improvements and town planning committee to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor : aldermen and commons of the city of London, in Common council assembled, on the preliminary draft proposals for post-war reconstruction in the city of London.

  • City of London (England). Court of Common Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: Report, Improvements and town planning committee to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor : aldermen and commons of the city of London, in Common council assembled, on the preliminary draft proposals for post-war reconstruction in the city of London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    POPULATION. Population (in thousands) of City of cles, __| London Day Population Year. | Administ- City of London. asa eee ee 7 ae ee ea Ee Sareea County of London ratidon tRaaadktial! Dayka}! < Greater London. 1801 ua Eps 959 129 a | es 1851 ..| 2,681 2,363 128 — | —_ 1861 into; 220 | 2,808 112 — 22= 1866 3,555 3,038) 93) 170 4.8 1871 ... 3,886 3,261 | 75 200 (5.1) 1881 4,767 3,830 51 261 5.5 1891 5,634 4,228 38 301 5.3 1901 ..| 6,581 | 4,536 27 3320] (5.0) 1911 Papo yank 4,522 | 20 364 5.0 1921 7,480 | 4,485 | 14 437 5.8 1931 8,204 | 4,397 | 11 4820) (5.9) 1935 ..| 8,475 4,185 10 500 (5.9) (a) Census by Corporation of London, except in 1921 by Registrar-General. (b) Intercensal Returns. (c) Interpolated. (a) Estimated. RATEABLE VALUE. City of London Rateable Value as a Percentage of Rateable Value = (in £ thousands) of ini | comer of | Sloth] Seater re 1871 __...| 23,231 | 19,963 | 2,534 | 10.9 | 12.7 _ 1881 | 32,985 27,629 | 3,479 Rie gi Gere Pagid yh: 40,836 33,005 4,084 10.0. 12.4 Foie i. 51,083 39,644 4,858 poet ley 18.30. Babin ie: 61,019 44,555 5,658 9.3 127 | 1921 66,900 48,383 | 6,230 9.8 12.9 Eee 89,239 | 59,146 | 8,685 Seg.7 14.7 1935 * 98,783 61,205 | 8,981 tg as 14.7 See Royal Traffic (1905). Data of both tables from ‘‘ London Statistics’ and “‘ Statistical Abstract for London,”’except where otherwise stated ; reference should be made to these works for statutory definitions of boundaries, changes in the basis of valuation, etc. (11) During the period under review London as a whole more than doubled its population, spread itself widely and acquired many new interests and industries. Notwithstanding this— indeed, because of it, we may submit—the City multiplied its day population by an even