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I will only quote the table the Commissioners have compiled from the Census returns of 1871—reminding the reader that upon the same space on which these people are now living;—wretched and overcrowded—two to four hundred on every acre—three or four times as many might be excellently housed in health and comfort, with half the total area left open for air-spaces, playgrounds, and streets.

Name of Locality	Population in 1871	Number of Inhabited Houses	Area in Acres	Number of Inhabitants per Acre (roughly)	Number of Inhabitants in each House (roughly)
THE ENTIRE METROPOLIS	3,254,260	417,767	75,362	43	8
WESTMINSTER DISTRICT	51,181	4,554	216	237	11
(1) St. James' Sq. Sub-district	10,472	1,384	84	125	8
(2) Golden Sq. Sub-district	12,860	1,111	54	238	11
(3) St. Anne's, Soho Sub-district	17,562	1,337	54	325	13
(4) Berwick Street Sub-district	10,287	722	24	428	14
St. Giles', South Sub-district	19,109	1,214	64	298	15
Spitalfields Sub-district	15,818	1,431	52	304	11