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Prom investigations which have been made by this Department
during 1903, there can be little doubt that either the figures of the
Census returns are incorrect (which, owing to various circumstances,
may be possible), or there has been since 1901 a greater proportionate
increase than before that date. The following Table is the result of
a careful distribution of the Census figures of 1861-91, and includes
the Census figures of 1901 and the result of our own enquiries in
Finsbury in 1903:—
Decennial
Periods.
No. of
Italians.
Total Number
of Aliens.
Total
Population of
Borough of
Finsbury.
Percentage
of Aliens to
Total
Population.
1861 130 1,000 129,031 0•77
1871 250 1,200 124,722 0•96
1881 550 1,400 112,382 1•24
1891 500 1,500 110,907 1•35
1901 1,065 2,487 101,463 2•45
1903 1,400 3,000 100,000 3•00
Note.—It is estimated that there are about 750-1,000 Jews (English-born)
living in Finsbury, and about 3,000 Jews employed in Finsbury but not resident
there. These figures have not been included in the above Table. The returns
for 1903 include the children of aliens born in Finsbury.
Thus it will be seen that there has been an uninterrupted increase
not only in the number of aliens in the Borough, but in the percentage
of aliens to the total population. This increase has been most
marked among the Italians, of whom there are now about 1,400 in
Finsbury, or about the same number as all the rest of the aliens put
together. According to the Census there were 1,065 Italians in
Finsbury in 1901. In 1903 the numbers were as follows:—