HC Deb 20 July 1926 vol 198 cc1061-2W
Mr. RYE

asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the great building development in Regent Street and in the surrounding streets, he will, in the interests of traders and others concerned in the locality, consider the advisability of opening a new post office on the east side of Regent Street or in some position -adjacent thereto?

Sir W. MITCHELL - THOMSON

Regent Street itself ought, in my opinion, to be adequately served by the existing

BIRTH-PLACE PER 1,000 POPULATION IN METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
Metropolitan Boroughs were not constituted until November, 1900.
In 1911 and later years births occurring in Institutions have been transferred to the Borough in which the usual residence of the parents is situated. The 1901 figures are not, therefore, comparable with the later figures, and the figures for 1911 have accordingly been included to afford a basis for comparison.
Borough. 1901. 1911. 1924. 1925.
City of London … 13.7 11.6 7.1 7.5
Innter and Middle Temples … 13.7 11.6 13.7 3.5
Nattersea … 29.7 26.1 18.4 18.5
Bermondsey … 34.2 31.1 24.3 22.6
Bethnal Green … 35.6 31.5 22.1 22.0
Camberwell … 28.2 24.5 18.8 17.7
*Chelsea … 22.1 19.1 14.3 14.4
Deptford … 30.8 27.4 20.6 18.8
*Finsbury … 37.7 30.6 21.6 22.4
Fulhma … 33.3 26.8 18.2 17.2
Greenwich … 29.0 24.8 20.0 18.7
Hackney … 28.9 23.5 18.6 17.9
Hammersmith … 26.9 24.1 17.9 17.5
Hampstead … 18.0 14.9 13.5 12.2
*Holborn … 28.4 19.2 13.4 12.2
Islington … 27.6 24.8 19.9 19.3
Kensington … 20.4 18.9 16.3 15.8
*Lambeth … 30.2 24.5 19.0 17.8
*Lewisham … 25.7 21.2 16.4 15.7
Paddington … 23.4 21.3 17.1 15.9
Poplar … 34.6 30.9 22.9 22.7
*St. Marylebone … 30.2 20.2 14.5 14.1
St. Pancras … 26.9 25.5 18.9 18.0
Shoreditch … 34.7 31.8 25.0 24.5
Southwark … 33.4 29.7 22.5 21.3
*Stepney … 37.2 31.3 21.3 20.8
Stoke Newington … 21.6 20.6 16.6 15.4
Wandsworth … 26.2 21.5 14.7 14.3
Westminster … 17.8 14.8 11.2 10.7
Woolwich … 30.1 23.1 17.9 17.8
Administrative County of London … 29.0 24.7 18.6 17.9
* Lying-in HOspitals are situated in these Boroughs.

post offices at No. 4, Great Portland Street, at Nos. 3 to 9, Heddon Street, in Church Place, Piccadilly, and at the junction of Charles Street with the Haymarket. The volume of traffic at these offices will be carefully watched. I am having further inquiry made as to the provision of a new post office in the area situated to the east of Regent Street.