Essays on the street re-alignment, reconstruction, and sanitation of central London, and on the re-housing of the poorer classes to which prizes offered by William Westgarth were awarded by the Society of Arts.

Date:
1886
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Credit: Essays on the street re-alignment, reconstruction, and sanitation of central London, and on the re-housing of the poorer classes to which prizes offered by William Westgarth were awarded by the Society of Arts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    of the uncovered area of the suburbs of the Metropolis would be about 30,000 persons per square mile. The rate of increase in many Districts is remarkable, the rate of density, however, has not increased in the same proportion, some Districts having considerably more area than others. It will be seen that the density ranges from 5,930 per square mile in Lewisham, to 540,207 per square mile in Fulham. The following list of Metropolitan Boroughs in their order of population will indicate the District from which the largest numbers of the masses emanate— Parliamentary Boroughs of the Metropolis. Borough of Finsbury, N. „ Lambeth, S. 5J Marylebone, N. Tower Hamlets, E. Hackney, N. Chelsea, W. Westminster, S.W. Southwark, S. . Greenwich, E. . Population in 1881. 524,480 498,967 498,311 438,9x0 417,191 366,516 228,932 221,866 206,651 Order as regards Population. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 From these figures it will be seen that the greatest traffic Citywards is from the purely Northern and Southern Districts. Close upon a million and a half inhabit the Northern Districts, and above a million the Southern, whilst considerably above one million inhabit the purely Eastern and Western Districts. a City Day Population. It would be very interesting, were it possible, to watch the multitude pouring into the City during the day. The early morning begins with an influx of people from all