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Holborn 1911
Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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POPULATION AND HOUSES.
A Census of the Population was taken on Sunday, April 2nd, 1911. Although
the report has not yet been published the Registrar-General has favoured me with
some detailed information which is given in the following tables. It will be seen
that the enumerated population was 49,357, a reduction of 10,048 on the previous
census of 1901 or 16.9 per cent. During the previous decennium 1891-1901 there
was a reduction of 7,376 or 11.0 per cent. The Borough is becoming less and less
residential and more and more important as a business centre. The number of
factories, workshops, workplaces and offices keeps increasing so that we have now
a very large day population. The density of the population was 122 persons per
acre in comparison with 61 for London.
The number of inhabited buildings was 7,985 and uninhabited 1,393, and
38 were in course of erection.
| Persons. | Males. | Females. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1911. | 1901. | 1911. | 1901. | 1911. | |
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