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AREA, POPULATION, HOUSES.
The area of the District is 168 acres.
The population according to the census of 1896 was 31,208; at the
census of 1891 it was 33,414; at the census of 1881 it was 36,177.
The figures for 1881, however, include the whole population of Glasshouse
Yard, a part of which is under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners
of Sewers. At the Registrar-General's Office, Somerset House,
I was able to obtain the separate population at the census of 1891,
which was the following:—Under the Holborn District Board, 708;
under the City Commissioners of Sewers, 71; total, 779. The corresponding
number for 1896 were 668 and 65; total, 733. The
corresponding figures of the 1881 census were not available, except the
total, 931.
The population for 1886, estimated in the usual way to the middle
of the year, is 31,102.
The number of inhabited houses in the District at the census of
1898 was 3,437. In 1881 the number was 3,244.
Although the resident population is diminishing, the "daily"
population is increasing, on account of the increase in the number of
factories, workshops, and offices.

*71 of the population of Glasshouse Yard are under the City Commissioners of Sewers.