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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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Table II.
| Wards. | Area in Acres. | Persons to an Acre. | Acres to a Person. | Estimated Number of Persons living at the middle of 1897. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 420 | 78 | 0.01 | 32,922 |
| Upper Holloway | 291 | 127 | 0.007 | 37,005 |
| Tollington | 320 | 95 | 0.01 | 30,424 |
| Lower Holloway | 415 | 101 | 0.009 | 42,015 |
| West Highbury | 452 | 83 | 0.01 | 37,304 |
| East Highbury | 353 | 81 | 0.01 | 28,665 |
| Thornhill | 172 | 195 | 0.005 | 33,482 |
| Barnsbury | 141 | 164 | 0.006 | 23,136 |
| St. Mary's | 148 | 116 | 0.008 | 17,627 |
| Canonbury | 234 | 110 | 0.009 | 25,636 |
| St. Peter's | 163 | 203 | 0.005 | 33,103 |
| Islington | 3,109 | 110 | 0.009 | 341,319 |
Density.—From these tables it is learned that the sub-registration
district of Islington South-east is by far the most densely populated,
as it is least in area, and contains the second smallest population,
albeit a population which is larger than many a well-known provincial
town, and than no less than nineteen of the sanitary districts into
which London is divided. Among the former, such towns as Hastings,
Heading, Hanley, Worcester, Warrington, Darlington, Dudley,
Hartlepool, Stockton and Coventry will readily occur to the mind,
while among the latter may be included Woolwich, St. Saviour,
Southwark, Westminster, St. James', Westminster, Clerkenwell, and
St. Luke's. Of these the two latter alone are more densely populated.