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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1897

Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
FOR THE YEAR 1897.
AREA, POPULATION AND DENSITY OF ISLINGTON.
Area,—The area of Islington is 3,109 acres, inclusive of canals
and open spaces. In this report the divisions of the Sanitary District
dealt with are the Sub-registration Districts and the Wards. Their
acreage, their estimated populations and their densities are given in
the two succeeding tables.

Table: Table I. Showing the Areas, Densities, and Estimated Populations of the Sub-registration Districts.

Table I. Showing the Areas, Densities, and Estimated Populations of the Sub-registration Districts.

Sub-Districts.Areas in Acres.Persons to an Acre.Acres to a Person.Estimated Number of Persons living at the middle of 1897.
Upper Holloway1,028970.010100,351
Islington, South-west8131330.008107,832
Islington, South-east4631450.00767,167
Highbury805820.01265,969
Islington3,1091100.009341,319