27 MAY 1911, Page 3

A summary of the figures obtained at the last census

was issued in Friday's newspapers. The population of England and Wales is now placed at 36,075,269, as against 32,527,843 ten years ago. This means an increase of 3,547,426, or close upon 11 per cent. Of this increase Wales is credited with 260,786. In the County of London, that is, Inner London, the population shows a decrease of some 13,306, owing to the tendency to live in the suburbs rather than at the centre. In Greater London, however, the population has increased by 684,867, or an increase of 10.20 per cent. Greater London now reaches the tremendous figure of over seven millions and a quarter inhabitants.