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VITAL STATISTICS.
The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was created in November,
1900, under the London Local Government Act, 1899. It was
formed by amalgamation of the following constituent parts,
namely:—The Parish of the Vestry of Clerkenwell, the Parish of
the Vestry of St. Luke, Middlesex, the Liberty of Glasshouse
Yard, the Liberty of the Charterhouse, and the Parish of St.
Sepulchre Without.
The population of the Borough is 101,463, and there are 9,100
inhabited houses. The area is 589 acres. The rateable value is
£963,775, and the gross assessable value £1,179,567. The Borough
is bounded upon the north by the Boroughs of Islington and
Shoreditch; on the east by the Borough of Shoreditch; on the
south by the City of London; and on the west by the Boroughs of
Holborn and St. Pancras.
Population.—The census return (1901) of the population of
the Borough of Finsbury was 101,163, comprised as follows:—
North Clerkenwell 35,028
South Clerkenwell 28,676
Finsbury (St. Luke) 36,116
St. Sepulchre 1,643
101,463
The sub-registration district of Glasshouse Yard (pop. 741) is now
incorporated in the sub-registration district of Finsbury, making
Finsbury (St. Luke) 36,116. At the census of 1891 the population
was 110,907, and in 1861 it was at its maximum of 129,031. Hence
it will be seen that the district is one of those central metropolitan
areas, forming an inner zone immediately around the City of London,
which has shown during the last 40 years a steady decline in population.
This decline was most marked between 1871 and 1881, and
between 1891 and 1901. The estimated population in 1902 was
100,487.