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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Tn addition to closed houses, there are upon the areas from
time to time several houses empty temporarily. "Closure"
should he understood to mean that the house is boarded up or
locked by the County Council.
(ii) Population on the Areas. The total population 011 the
five areas in 1899 was 1,704. At the end of 1904 it was 443, and
now it is 180. The approximate changes are set out in the
following table. The figures for 1899, 1902 and 1905 are correct,
and the result of actual enumeration of persons on the area at those
dates, but the figures for 1900 and 1901 are estimated:—
Areas.
Population on Areas
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
Aylesbury Place 511 480 470 464 213 93 65
Garden Row 407 407 407 344 179 159 —
Roby Street 218 218 218 44 —
Baltic Street 351 351 351 285 174 77 7
Honduras Street 217 217 217 215 193 114 104
Total 1,704 | 1,673 1,663 1,352 759 443 176
It appears that during 1905, 267 persons have left these areas for one cause or another:—
| Aylesbury Place Area. | Garden Row Area. | Roby Street Area | Baltic Street Area. | Honduras Street Area. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of persons displaced in 1905. | 28 | 159 | — | 70 | 10 | 267 |
(iii) Deaths on the Areas.—The five clear calendar years
following the schemes for these five areas were 1901-1905. During
these five years 179 deaths occurred on the areas. The deaths and
death-rates (calculated on the changing population), are set out as
follows:—