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11 ]1903
REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1903.
POPULATION, AREAS, DENSITIES.
Population.— The estimated population of the Borough at the middle of
the year was 339,137 persons, of whom 161,246 were males and 177,891
females. This estimate has been based by the Registrar-General on the
increase that took place in the decennial period 1891-1900. It is a difficult
matter to decide whether or not it is correct, for undoubtedly the census that
was taken in 1895 showed that the population had slightly declined. Since
then, however, the difficulty that is known to have occurred, especially with
the working classes, to obtain lodging accommodation, although there has
been a considerable increase in the number of tenement houses, points to
a further increase of the people. It is satisfactory, however, to be able to state
that whether the population has or has not increased, or even slightly decreased,
the error in the calculations based on the estimate cannot be falsified by
a decimal point.
The population, which is larger than that of any metropolitan
borough, is distributed in the following manner:—
Sub-Registration Districts.—Tufnell 32,838, Upper Holloway, 34,822,
Tollington, 34,765, Lower Holloway, 41,537, Highbury 65,112, Barnsbury
54,278 and South-East Islington 75,785.
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