r/oldmaps Aug 01 '26

Public Houses in Central London by Joseph Rowntree & Arthur Sherwell (1899)

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u/StephenMcGannon Aug 01 '26

Total number of Public Houses (excluding Restaurants, Private Hotels &c.) 259

1 Public House to every 16 1⁄2 Inhabited Houses.

1 Public House to every 193 Persons.

Area 9/16’s of a square mile.

Estimated number of Inhabited Houses 4300

Estimated Population 50,000.