Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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In addition to closed houses, there are upon the areas from
time to time several houses empty temporarily. "Closure
should be understood to mean that the house is boarded up or
locked by the County Council.
(ii) Population on the Areas—The total population on the
live areas in 1899 was 1,704. At the end of 1902 it was 1,352,
and at the end of 1903 it was 759, and now it is 443. The
approximate changes are set out in the following table.
The figures for 1899, 1902, 1903 and 1904 are correct, and the result of actual enumeration of persons on the area at those dates, but the figures for 1900 and 1901 are estimated:—
Areas. | Population on Areas 1 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | |
... | ... | |||||
It appears that during 1904, 316 persons have left these areas for one cause or another:—
Aylesbury Place Area. | Garden Row Area. | Roby Street Area | Baltic Street Area. | Honduras Street Area. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | - |
(iii) Deaths on the Areas.—The four clear calendar years
following the schemes for these five areas were 1901, 1902