South London . mmunity some whoseposition entitles them to respect and authority ; there shouldbe some to take the lead naturally ; there should be somewho should maintain the standards of conduct, ideas, andprinciples. Especially is this the case when by far the greaterpart of the people in a community are engaged in trade. I cannot quite avoid the use of figures, because a com-parison between the population of these villages in 1801 withthat of these great towns in 1898 is so startling that it must berecorded. Batterseahas risen from 3,365 to 165,115 ; Camber-well from 7,059 to 253,076 ; Lam
South London . mmunity some whoseposition entitles them to respect and authority ; there shouldbe some to take the lead naturally ; there should be somewho should maintain the standards of conduct, ideas, andprinciples. Especially is this the case when by far the greaterpart of the people in a community are engaged in trade. I cannot quite avoid the use of figures, because a com-parison between the population of these villages in 1801 withthat of these great towns in 1898 is so startling that it must berecorded. Batterseahas risen from 3,365 to 165,115 ; Camber-well from 7,059 to 253,076 ; Lambeth from 27,985 to 295,033 ;Lewisham from 4,007 to 104,521 ; Wandsworth from 14,283 SOUTH LONDON OF TO-DAY 317 to 187,264. Or, taking the whole area of South London, thatpart which is covered by the electoral districts, there is now apopulation of very nearly two millions ; in other words thepopulation, in less than a hundred years, has been multipliedby ten. That of London itself, in the same time, the London. ST. saviours dock including the City, Clerkenwell, VVhitechapel, Bloomsbury,andWestminster, has been multiplied during the same time byfive. What has caused this enormous increase in SouthLondon ? Well, people must live somewhere ; the old limitsproved insufficient. First, places which had been dotted overwith fields and gardens and vacant places, such as Southwark 3i8 SOUTH LONDON on the west side, and Bermondsey, were completely built overand inhabited. Then, when it became a problem how to stowaway the people within reach of their work, the short stagewas supplemented by the omnibus. Next South Londonstretched itself out farther; it began to include Camberwell,Brixton, Stockwell, Clapham, and Wandsworth. These wereseparate suburbs lying each among its own gardens ; the in-habitants were not clerks, but principals and employers, sub-stantial merchants and flourishing shopkeepers. The clerkslived nearer London, mostly on the north of the river. Lastlycame the railway,
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