CHAPTER VI 



LONDON 



A STRANGER to London who seeks to understand the 

 system by which this greatest city manages its munici- 

 pal affairs is likely to become seriously perplexed. He 

 will find that what is termed "London" is, in reality, 

 an aggregation of cities, towns, villages, and parishes 

 spreading out over an immense area. 



What is properly called " Greater London" is the 



Metropolitan Police District, which covers 693 square 



miles. This district has about 7000 miles 



London an 



Aggregation of streets and had a population, in 1906, 

 of 7,113,561. 



What is generally meant by the term "London" is 

 an area of 122 square miles near the heart of the city. 

 It is roughly estimated that this area contains 8000 

 streets of an aggregate length of about 3000 miles. 

 It has about 600,000 buildings and, in 1906, had a 

 population of 4,721,217. Within the last fifty years 

 the population has nearly doubled and about 2000 

 miles of new streets have been built. The total annual 

 cost of the government of London is about $85,000,000. 



In the center of this great aggregation lies what is 

 properly termed the "City of London," covering one 

 square mile of territory. It was from this center that 

 the rest of London grew. Suburban settlements sprang 



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