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Finsbury 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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FINSBURY.
COUNTY OF
LONDON.
Acreage (approximate) 589 74,839
Inhabited houses, 1901 9280 571,768
Population, 1901 101,463 4,536,541
Density of population—persons per acre 172 61
Percentage of total population, living in
tenements of less than 5 rooms 77.2 53.9
Percentage of total population (overcrowded
(i.e., more than 2 persons in 1 room) 35.2 16.0
"On" licensed premises:—
Victuallers' 189 5,464
Other 77 2,215
Total 266 7,679
Acres, per licensed house 2 10
Inhabited houses, per licensed house 35 74
Population, per licensed house 381 591
"Off" licensed premises:—
Number 43 2,711
Acres, per licensed house 14 28
Inhabited houses, per licensed house 216 211
Population, per licensed house 2362 1,674
Total licensed premises:—
Number 309 10,390
Acres, per licensed house 2 7
Inhabited houses, per licensed house 30 55
Population, per licensed house 329 437
Finsbury stands third among the Metropolitan Boroughs in regard
to the number of licensed premises to the population. Westminster
has licensed premises to every 187 of the population, and Holborn to
every 253 of the population.