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Islington 1903

Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table: Table II.Showing the Number of Persons, Houses, etc.,perSanitary Inspector in theMetropolitan Boroughs.

Table II.

Showing the Number of Persons, Houses, etc.,perSanitary Inspector in the

Metropolitan Boroughs.

Sanitary Areas.HousesTenements.Tenements under 5 rooms.Over-crowded tenements.Persons.Persons in tenements under 5 rooms.Population in over-crowded tenements.
Battersea2,1333,5442,19027615,3558,0911,671
Bermondsey1,7573,2302,45247914,5299,5732,858
Bethnal Green1,5563,1342,63770914,40910,9844,268
Camberwell2,6194,0702,28029118,5248,4031,787
Chelsea2,1604,3673,02047818,4609,4312,665
Deptford2,2603,5161,99423815,7717,4091,428
Finsbury1,0312,6772,27970811,2748,7053,969
Fulham3,0895,3563,61339022,88113,5612,482
Greenwich2,0342,8151,55417113,6815,8941,135
Hackney2,1883,4852,07826315,6627,4911,595
Hammersmith1,6892,8681,72324312,4716,1401,466
Hampstead1,6132,4281,02512311,7063,459745
Holborn9412,7582,15455711,8817,1452,975
Islington1,9323,9562,79050416,7549,8212,847
Kensington1,7022,9501,62435413,5875,6482,016
Lambeth3,1935,4533,42350423,22311,7832,839
Lewisham2,8443,4631,0706715,9373,616427
Paddington1.4742,8051,81828411,9986,1031,628
Poplar2,8274,4733,27755221,10313,1873,462
St. Marylebone1,6923,9532,86864716,6639,2693,518
St. Pancras1,4823,5652,81463514,7079,7373,526
Shoreditch2,1244,5053,8231,04519,77314,9305,921
Southwark1,2282,8122,33047812,1288,7012,710
Stepney1,7483,3952,73291916,58911,6225,510
Stoke Newington2,5723,9411,93816617,0826,204945
Wandsworth3,4334,5231,91413921,0946,939940
Westminster1,6703,7492,42439516,6377,6022,169
Woolwich2,0102,7321,55713813,0205,665859
City of London227314195301,584625172
County of London1,9003,3872,23341515,0728,1392,412