HC Deb 12 June 1912 vol 39 cc1012-3W
Mr. CARR-GOMM

asked the number of persons of seventy years of age and over and the number of old age pensioners in the several Metropolitan boroughs and in the City of London; and what proportion the old age pensioners are of the total population and of the population of seventy years of age and over?

Mr. BURNS

The following table gives particulars of the persons of seventy years of age and over, and the old age pensioners, in each of the Metropolitan boroughs and in the City of London on the last Friday in March, 1911:—

Metropolitan Boroughs and City of London. Persons of 70 Years of age and over(Census of 1911). Number of Old Age Pensioners. Number of Old Age Pensioners per 1,000 of Total Populations. Number of Old Age Pensioners per 1,000 of Total Populations of 70 years of age and over.
Bermondsey 2,654 1,936 15.37 729
Finsbury 1,754 1,195 13.58 681
Bethnal Green 2,647 1,675 13.06 633
Southwark 4,184 2,589 13.49 619
Poplar 4,066 2,418 14.88 596
Battersea 4,107 2,338 13.93 569
Deptford 2,657 1,463 13.36 551
Camberwell 7,721 4,226 16.17 547
Hammersmith 3,504 1,890 15.54 539
Islington 9,833 5,200 15.88 529
Woolwich 3,108 1,642 13.53 528
Lambeth 9,021 4,752 15.94 527
Shoreditch 2,821 1,432 12.85 508
Hackney 6,512 3,271 14.70 502
St. Pancras 5,944 2,925 13.39 492
Stepney 5,159 2,476 8.84 480
Fulham 3,351 1,592 10.38 475
Holborn 1,212 543 11.01 448
Greenwich 2,911 1,297 13.51 446
Stoke Newington 1,796 800 15.78 445
Chelsea 3,179 1,298 19.55 408
Paddington 4,593 1,852 12.99 403
St. Marylebone 3,698 1,476 12.49 399
Westminster 4,058 1,611 10.05 397
Lewisham 5,495 2,156 13.40 392
Wandsworth 9,548 3,628 11.65 380
Kensington 6,060 1,878 10.89 310
Hampstead 2,734 745 8.7l 272
Total Metropolitan Boroughs 124,327 60,304 13.39 485
London, City of 430 204 10.38 474
Total Metropolitan Boroughs and City of London 124,757 60,508 13.38 485