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Holborn 1895
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the half-year ending December, 1895
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The following Table gives further details.
| parish. | population. | area in acres. | inhabited houses. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881. | 1891. | 1881. | 1891. | ||
| St. Andrew and St. George | 28,874 | 26,228 | 2,423 | 2,573 | |
| Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents | 3,980 | 4,506 | 32 | 453 | 605 |
| St. Sepulchre | 2,392 | 1,972 | 19 | 275 | 190 |
| Glasshouse Yard (St. Botolph, Aldersgate, Part) | 931 | 779* | 6 | 93 | 69 |
| Total | 36,177 | 33,485 | 168 | 3,244 | 3,437 |
* 71 of the population of Glasshouse Yard are under the City Commissioners of Sewers.
Just half the population (49.8 per cent.), at the census of 1891, occupied
tenements of only one or two rooms.
Holborn is one of the black spots on the " Over-crowding" map of
London; 38.1 per cent, of the population live more than two to a room (see
Table I.)
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 Commis
sioners of Sewers for the rest.
The greater part of the Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely