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Islington 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1911] 4
Let us compare these figures with those of the preceding census returns,
which have been set out in the following Table:—

Table: Table 1.Showing thePopulation of Islington at the several Censuses since 1801,together with theActual and Percentage Increase at each succeeding decennial period,

Table 1.

Showing thePopulation of Islington at the several Censuses since 1801,together with theActual and Percentage Increase at each succeeding decennial period,

Years of Census,Enumerated Population,Increase of Population,Percentage Increase,
180110,212——
1811i5,o654,85339,7
l82I22,4177,35240,5
183137,31614,89966,4
184155,77618,46049,4
185195,32939,55370,7
l86l155,34160,12263,1
1871213,74958,40837,1
l88l282,86569,11632,3
1891319,15536,29012,8
1901334,99115,8364',9
1911327,4037,588 (decrease)2,2 (decrease)

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Here we have in epitome the history of Islington, its rise, but, let us hope,
not its fall,
Of course it was impossible that its population could go on for ever
increasing at the ratio of 70-7 per cent, as it did in the decade 1841-51, because
in a comparatively few years it would have been full to overflowing, and, indeed,
the area of the parish was not sufficiently ample on which to build the
houses necessary to contain the people in such large numbers,