Excerpt from Life and Labour of the People in London, Vol. 5: Population Classified by Trades In the introduction to my first volume it was pointed out that a double method of inquiry was needed, in order that the condition of the people might be tested in two ways, and the facts be ascertained, first, as to how they live, and next, as to how they work. The first of these two methods, although carried out for the whole of London with sufficient fulness in my first and second volumes, was felt to require the check afforded by statistics obtained in a different manner; the second test was, save in a few exceptional cases, left on one side until I could make use of the more recent and comprehensive statistical basis to be afforded by the occupation returns of the Census of 1891. Thanks to the kindness of the Registrar-General my hopes in this respect have been fulfilled; and I have been permitted to make a very complete use of the census figures in classifying the people of London. In the Census of 1891, each head of family or occupier living in less than five rooms was asked to state the number of rooms occupied; and, in London at least, this information was in most instances obtained by the enumerators. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.