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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 1898
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1898] 10
Here then we see that Upper Holloway has an available acreage
of 1,006½, South.west Islington of 731½, South.east Islington of 452½
and Highbury of 693¾.
Table I.
| Sub.Districts. | Areas in Acres. | Persons to an Acre. | Acres to a Person. | Estimated Number of Persons living at the middle of,1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Holloway | 1,028 | 99 | 0.0100 | 102,034 |
| Islington, South.west. | 813 | 133 | 0.0075 | 108,211 |
| Islington, South.cast | 463 | 146 | 0.0068 | 67,667 |
| Highbury | 805 | 83 | 0.0119 | 67,096 |
| Islington | 3,109 | 111 | 0.0090 | 345,008 |
Density.—In this table it is seen that the number of persons living
on each acre of Islington is 111, and that they average from 146 per acre
in South.west Islington to 83 in Highbury. The parish is, therefore,
very densely populated, even more so than these figures indicate
because allowance must be made for the Railways, the Cattle Market
and Highbury Fields.
When this has been done, it is found that the densities of the
Sub.districts and the District are as follows :—
Upper Holloway 101 persons to an acre.
South.west Islington 148 ,, „
South.east ,, 150 „ „
Highbury 97 „ ,,
Islington 120 „ „
Such densities as these, although not unknown in London, are
hardly ever found in provincial towns. This is well seen in Table V.
where it will be noticed that the densities range from 8.6 persons per
acre in Huddersfield to 60.9 in West Ham itself—except in name
only—an integral part of the Metropolis.