Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table gives details for the different parts of the Borough, also some of the details for the Wards:—
Area in Statute Acres. | HOUSES. | Families orseparate Occupiers.1901 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inhabited. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | |||||
Inoccupation. | Not in occupation. | |||||||
1891 | 1901 | |||||||
St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury | 232.5 | 3,489 | 2,596 | 517 | 140 | 49 | 6,752 | |
Lincoln's Inn... ... . . | 11.5 | 20 | 21 | 36 | - | — | 22 | |
Bloomsbuky and St. Giles | 244 | 3,509 | 2,617 | 553 | 140 | 49 | 6,774 | |
St. Andrew, Holborn and St. George-the-Martyr...... | 117.8 | 2,673 | 1,809 | 254 | 65 | 14 | 6,395 | |
Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place ... | 29.7 | 465 | 228 | 169 | 14 | 6 | 505 | |
Irray's Inn | 11.5 | 49 | 41 | 10 | _ | _ | 107 | |
Furnival's Inn | 1.1 | 11 | — | _ | _ | |||
Staple Inn | 1.0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 9 | |
Holborn Sdb-Division ...... | 161.1 | 3,208 | 2,086 | 436 | 79 | 20 | 7,016 | |
Holborn Borough......... | 405.1 | 6,717 | 4,703 | 989 | 219 | 69 | 13,790 | |
Wards :— | ||||||||
Bloomsbury, North | — | — | 508 | 8 | 21 | 12 | ||
Bloomsbury, South | _ | — | 654 | 115 | 55 | 16 | ||
Lincoln's Inn | _ | _ | 411 | 246 | 31 | 1 | ||
Saffron Hill | _ | — | 228 | 169 | 14 | 6 | ||
St. Andrew, North | _ | — | 512 | 47 | 21 | 1 | ||
St. Andrew, South-east | — | _ | 682 | 162 | 22 | 8 | ||
St. George-the-Martyr... | — | _ | 664 | 58 | 22 | 5 | ||
St. Giles, Central ... ... | _ | — | 624 | 115 | 20 | 19 | ||
St. Giles, North | 420 | 69 | 13 | 1 |
POPULATION.
Persons. | Males. | Females. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | |
St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury | 35,541 | 31,436 | 17,233 | 15,370 | 18,308 | 16,066 |
Lincoln's Inn | 43 | 25 | 41 | 18 | 20 | |
Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 35,584 | 31,497 | 17,258 | 15,411 | 18,326 | 16,086 |
St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George-the-Martyr Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely | 27,204 | 25,103 | 13,386 | 12,441 | 13,818 | |
Rents, and Ely Place | 3,622 | 2,561 | 1,881 | 1,488 | 1,741 | 1,073 |
Gray's Inn | 253 | 232 | 136 | 140 | 117 | 92 |
Furnival's Inn | 97 | — | 40 | — | 57 | — |
Staple Inn | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
Holborn Sub-Division | 31,197 | 27,908 | 15,458 | 14,078 | 15,739 | 13,830 |
Holborn Borough | 66,781 | 59,405 | 32,716 | 29,489 | 34,065 | 29,916 |
Wards:- | ||||||
Bloomsbury, North | - | 5,204 | - | 2,411 | — | 2,793 |
Bloomsbury, South | — | 7,194 | — | 3,219 | — | 3,975 |
Lincoln's Inn | — | 5,605 | — | 2,974 | — | 2,631 |
Saffron Hill | — | 2,561 | — | 1,488 | — | 1,073 |
St. Andrew, North | — | 4,518 | — | 2,142 | — | 2,376 |
St. Andrew, South East | — | 10,549 | — | 5,506 | — | 5,043 |
St. George-the-Martyr | — | — | 4,942 | — | 5,338 | |
St. Giles, Central | - | 9,622 | — | 5,196 | — | 4,426 |
St. Giles, North | - | 3,872 | - | 1,611 | - |