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Holborn 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION.
Area.
From the report of the Census, 1901, the area of the Borough is 405.l acres.
| The number of inhabited houses | |
| The number of houses occupied for business purposes only | |
| The number of houses not in occupation | |
| The number of houses building |
| Males | |
| Females | |
| Total |
Density of population 147 persons per acre.
„ „ for London 61 „ „
Details for the different parts of the Borough, and details of the changes in the
population due to changes in the boundaries under the London Government Act, were
given in the Annual Report for the year 1901.
Details of the age and sex distribution of the population were given in the
Annual Report for the year 1902.
The number of persons of foreign nationality in the Borough at the last Census
was 5,706; 3,978 males and 1,728 females. Of these 2,029 were Italians, 1,098
Germans and 660 French.
In the County of London the total number of foreigners was 135,377; 79,804
males and 55,573 females.
Other details were given in the Annual Report for the year 1902.
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury | 28,135 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 25,175 |
| Holborn Borough | 53,310 |
| London | 4,872,702 |
| England and Wales | 36,169,150 |
| United Kingdom | 45,469,534 |