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Holborn 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT
relating to the
Vital Statistics and Sanitary Condition of the Area of the Holborn District Board
of Works; of the Holborn Sub-District, now part of the Metropolitan Borough of
Holborn; and of the Parish of St. Sepulchre Without and the Liberty of Glasshouse
Yard, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1900.
To the Mayors, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Boroughs of Holborn and Finsbury.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my report for the year ending December 31st, 1900.
The year has been a very memorable one on account of the changes under the London
Government Act, 1899; the new Metropolitan Boroughs coming into existence on the 9th
November, 1900.
AREA, POPULATION AND HOUSES. Holborn District Board of Works.
| Parish. | Population. | Area in Acres. | Inhabited Houses. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881. | 1891. | 1896. | 1881. | 1891. | ||
| St. Andrew and St. George | 28,874 | 26,228 | 24,991 | 111 | 2, 423 | 2,573 |
| Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents | 3,980 | 4,506 | 2,832 | 32 | 453 | 605 |
| St. sepulchre | 2,392 | 1,972 | 1,717 | 19 | 275 | 190 |
| Glasshouse Yard (St. Botolph, Aldersgate, part) | 931 | 708 | 668 | 6 | 93 | 69 |
| Total-Holborn District Board of Works | 36,177 | 33,414 | 31,208 | 168 | 3,244 | 3,437 |
| Gray's Inn | 328 | 253 | 264 | 12 | 50 | 49 |
| Furnival's Inn | 155 | 121 | 47 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Staple Inn | 38 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| Total—Holborn Sub-District of Borough | 33,375 | 31,129 | 29,144 | 157 | 2,953 | 3,253 |
St. Sepulchre and Glasshouse Yard are now included in the new Borough of Finsbury; and
Gray's Inn, Staple Inn and the Holborn portion of Furnival's Inn, have been added to the Holborn
Sub-Division of the new Holborn Borough.
The boundaries of the new Holborn Sub-Division, beginning at the north-west are:-Guilford
Street, Doughty Mews, Henry Street, part of Gray's Inn Road, Elm Street, Mount Pleasant and
Warner Street, Little Saffron Hill, part of the Clerkenwell Road, Farringdon Road; on the south
east, the City boundary to Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane; on the south west and west, the boundary
is common to the Sub-District of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury.