LONDON LIFE IN FIGURES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1324, 30 December 1911, Page 6

LONDON LIFE IN FIGURES.

FASCINATING VOLUME OF STATISTICS. The annual volume of London statistic, issued by the County Council, collates onco more the amazing array of figures, presenting every phase of metropolitan life in tabular form (says the London 'Daily News"). Perhaps iu 110 other form than this volume of over 600 pages of tables does the immensity of- London ■so impress itself on the miiid. Ono of the first effects o£ the recent census is presented; the birth, death, marriage, and other rates for last year are corrected, and tho result is a's follows:— Per 1000, , 1901. before census, revised. Rate. Births ....23.6 25.4 ->SS Deaths 12.7 13.7 . 17J lixcess: Births over deaths 10.!) 11.7 jj 7 Lunatics • 6.1 G. 5 55 Paupers (indoor) lli.:i 17.-1 n'4 Ditto (outdoor) 0.3 9.0 fl'o Al! paupers (ineluding lunatics) 20.7 31 7 07 o LONDON FIFE—TWOL Hie importance of this revision will at once be apparent. The birth and death a /',° % r - bu ' still IolT « than in 1001, the tailing off in the death rate \ cry marked. The increase in lunatics amount to one per thousand, but an increase of over four uer thousand is shown • in paupers. age Tension section is added for the first time, and shows that at. the end of last year 78,458 pension claims had been determined, of which 9225 had been disallowed. The 1)9,233 allowed wero as follow 61.311' ss. 1,413 oc 2,1)75 Is. 810 u. 2,001 3s. , The number of persons in Teceipt. of Tool- Law relief 011 December-31 1010, who received old aga' pensions in Januarv of this vsar, and ceased to be chargeable to Guardians in London, was 11,191, of whom 8701 were women. Foi'tho first time statistics are given, showing the local'distribution of workers in different trades. There were .in 1007 387,061 persons engaged in factories in the county of Loudon, divided as follows:— Male. Female, Adults 227,811 97,398 Young persons ... 30,a® 30,077 Children .: . 17 • 20 The boroughs with -tho smallest and largest numbers of factory workers arc given as under, and Ibc largo number in the City is very noticeable Stoke Newing- City ;• 39,52-i : ton 1,084 Finshury 34,535 Paddingtpn ... 2,208 Poplar 26,952 Chelsea . 2,-110 Westminster 26,189 Lewisliura .... 2,855 Stepney 22,8-13 Maryleboue .. 5,333 Bormondsey .. 22,270 Kensington .. 5,203 ' There are 50 theatres, -IS music halls, 202 kinematograph theatres, skating rinks, concert halls, and dancing rooms, etc. There, arc. 6778.' on-licensed premises, Westminster leading with 02fi, Stepney corning next with 800, llampstead and Stoke Newinglon bringing up the rear with 57 .and 37 respectively. The total number of off-licensed houses was 2450. Since the Licensing Act, 1001, came into operation, 4£>3 on-licenscs have been extinguished, the average amount of compensation awarded being .£2318. The work of tho detcctivo foroo is shown in the fact that 10,945 persons were arrested by such officers. "Fingerprints" wero responsible for the detection of 99C0 persons. -In tho eourso of their duties tho police seized 40,255 dogs, stopped 271 runaway horses, attended 2029 fires, found 27,364 windows or doors open, restored 11.570 people to their friends, and took 12,958 people to hospital in conserjueuco of accidents, etc. Children on the rolls in elementary schools on March 31, 1910, numbered 739,607. There are in the free libraries under (he various London municipalities 7,803,12-1 bonks, as compared with 3,808.671 ii'i 1597-S. The number of borrowers last year was 280,520, as against 138,870 in 1897-S. ; w.„ ' rlwct rnmnlaink