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Holborn 1895

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the half-year ending December, 1895

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REPORT
relating to
THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE HOLBORN
DISTRICT, LONDON.
FOR THE YEAR 1895.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE HOLBORN
DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my report for the six months ending
December 31st, 1895. I also add statistics for the year as usually given.
AREA, POPULATION, HOUSES.
The area of the District is 168 acres.
The population according to the census of 1891 was 33,485; at the
census of 1881 it was 36,177. These figures, however, include the whole
population of Glasshouse Yard, a part of which is under the jurisdiction of
the Commissioners of Sewers. At the Registrar-General's Office, Somerset
House, I was able to obtain the separate population at the census of 1891,
which was the following :—Under the Holborn District Board, 708; under
the City Commissioners of Sewers, 71 ; total 779. The corresponding
figures of the 1881 census were not available, except the total 931.
The population for 1895, estimated in the usual way to the middle of the
year, is 32,338.
The number of inhabited houses in the District at the census of 1891
was 3437. In 1881 the number was 3244.