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Islington 1900

Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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13 [1900

Table VI. Showing the Estimated Populations, Āreas, Densities and Death-rates of London, and the several Metropolitan Sanitary Districts in 1900, arranged in order of Density.

Districts.Estimated Population, 1900.Area in Acres.(Density) Persons to each Acre.Death Rates.
All Causes.Zymotic Diseases.
Cols.12345
London4,589,12974,67261·518·32·19
Lee40,7227,0065·815·11·40
Lewisham93,5485,77316·215·72·14
St. Martin-in-the-Fields11,86565418·117·70·84
Plumstead65,5583,38319·416·32·30
Wandsworth217,0049,28523·414·81·65
Hampstead81,7662,24836·411·31·18
Woolwich41,6001,12636·922·12·79
Hammersmith110,2032,28648·217·22·23
Greenwich184,5823,42553·918·02·27
Rotherhithe41,24675454·721·53·40
Stoke Newington35,71863856·112·61·43
Camberwell268,4574,45060·316·31·99
Westminster51,65781363·520·61·46
Hackney225,5193,29968·316·12·11
St. George, Hanover Square81,1331,11772·613·80.78
Poplar170,9682,33373·322·33·34
Lambeth312,1523,94179·217·41·66
Kensington173,6032,18879·315·81·66
Fulham136,3831,70180·217·32·86
Battersea178,1002,16982·116·82·34
St. Olave, Southwark10,90912587·321·21·85
St. Pancras245,6512,67291·918·92·35
Marylebone139,7771,50692·818·91·86
London City26,92228694·122·00·89
Paddington130,1041,256103·515·91·72
Islington352,4913,109113·316·21·87
St. Saviour, Southwark23,854204116·925·22·93
Chelsea96,715794121·818·01·77
Limehouse58,944465126·726·14·10
St. James, Westminster21,457163131·616·11·08
Bermondsey85,920627137·022·73·24
Strand22,748166137·020·51·14
St. Giles'36,870244151·118·21·67
Mile End Old Town113,781677168·020·42·53
Bethnal Green128,831755170·622·02·76
St. Luke40,655237171·526·83·25
Clerkenwell66,007380173·721·52·71
Holborn29,188168173·726·52·37
Shoreditch120,641648186·121·63·02
Newington125,138631198·321·92·85
St. George-in-the-East48,875244200·324·42·61
St. George, Southwark60,597284213·327·33·53
Whitechapel82,220357230·319·41·73

In this Table it is seen that there are 25 Metropolitan Sanitary
Districts with a lesser, and 17 with a greater, density than Islington.