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Just half the population (49.8 per cent.), at the census of 1891,
occupied tenements of only one or two rooms.
For registration purposes the "Holborn" of the Registrar-General
is not the same as that under the jurisdiction of the Board of Works.
The former includes Lincoln's, Gray's, Staple, and Furnival's Inns,
and excludes the Liberty of Glasshouse Yard.
There are many anomalies with regard to parts of "Holborn."
Glasshouse Yard, which is now included in the civil parish of St.
Botolph without Aldersgate, is, for Poor Law purposes, included with
that parish in the City of London Union, and for electoral purposes in
the East Finsbury division, and for Local Government purposes is under
the jurisdiction of the Holborn District Board for the greater part, and
under the City Commissioners of Sewers for the rest.
The greater part of the Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and
Ely Rents, is under the jurisdiction of the Holborn District Board; a
small portion of the Liberty, however (being part of Ely Place), is under
the jurisdiction of the City Commissioners of Sewers for Local Government
purposes, although it is included with the remainder of the Liberty
in the Holborn Union for Poor Law purposes, and in the Holborn
Division of Finsbury for electoral purposes.
Staple Inn and Furnival's Inn, and the Liberty of the Charterhouse
are wholly in the Holborn Union for Poor Law purposes, and are with
Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn (which are in no Union) included in
Schedule C of the "Metropolis Management Act of 1855" for Local
Government purposes. A small portion of Staple Inn and a portion of
Furnival's Inn, are, however, in the City of London, and are included
in the City for electoral purposes.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The beginning of the year I obtained the sanction of the Board to
have the returns of the births and deaths from the Registrars of the
District, so that I can now append a table of deaths, classified according
to diseases, ages, and localities, as required by the Local Government
Board.