Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Some notes on the housing question in Finsbury...
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In order to observe the changes which have occurred during the last 50 years, I have drawn up the following table :—
* Acres, 1901. | Inhabited Houses. | Population. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | ||
St. James | 74 | 2234 | 1928 | 1784 | 1930 | 1281 | 1438 | 21529 | 19152 | 18917 | I75I6 | 16803 | 15634 |
Amwell | 83 | 1616 | 1697 | 1580 | 1631 | 1652 | }2928 | 15720 | 17250 | 16884 | 19281 | 16883 | }32691 |
Pentonville | 70 | 1496 | 1567 | 1573 | 1614 | 1450 | 11862 | 13037 | 13293 | 14746 | 16519 | ||
Goswell | 91 | 1871 | 1889 | 1889 | 1924 | 1825 | 1623 | 15620 | 16200 | 16242 | 17506 | 15375 | 15390 |
City Road | 25 | 3195 | 3246 | 3199 | 3154 | 2917 | 2287 | 27457 | 29364 | 30462 | 30169 | 29177 | 25404 |
Whitecross | 34 | 1574 | 1566 | 1430 | 830 | 558 | }744 | 13657 | 14778 | 13792 | 9217 | 8278 | }9972 |
Finsbury | 78 | 1580 | 1544 | 1227 | 817 | 475 | 12941 | 12931 | 10741 | 7463 | 4985 | ||
Charterhouse | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | }267 | 277 | 255 | 271 | 161 | 136 | }2385 |
St. Sepulchre, &c. | 19 | 527 | 461 | 313 | 275 | 190 | 4832 | 4609 | 2888 | 2392 | 1972 | ||
Glasshouse Yard | 5 | 172 | 171 | 149 | 93 | 69 | 1476 | 1455 | 1232 | 931 | 779 | ||
589 | 14266 | 14070 | 13145 | 12272 | 10421 | 9287 | 125371 | 129031 | 124722 | 112382 | 110907 | 101476 |
* This acreage is approximately correct. It must, however, be accepted as provisional until the Report of the
Registrar-General is issued.