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Holborn 1902

Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Country of Birth of Foreigners at the Census, 1901—continued.

Country of Birth of Foreigners at the Census, 1901—continued.

Country of Birth.County of London.Holborn Borough.
PersonsMales.Females.Persons.Males.Females.
Brought forward
EUROPE continued—
Switzerland4,4192,9201,49924720245
Spain606502164504010
Portugal1288939871
Italy10,8898,2122,6772,0291,519510
Greece2111773419163
Servia, Roumania, and Bulgaria2,1101,17993723167
Turkey66049616416151
ASIA.
Chin a1209723321
Japan1511232866—
Other Countries1481163219163
africa.
Egypt614318———
Other Countries107782944—
AMERICA.
United States5,5613,1002,461611345266
Mexico58352344—
Other States of Central America70473211—
Argeitine Republic1388157642
Brazil1427567871
Other States of South America26613712966—
Country not stated251142109835
Totals135 37779,80455,5735,7063,9781,728

Table: Number of Tenements. At the Censuy of 1901, the total No. of tenements in the Holborn Borough was 13,790. The following table gives details of the tenements of one, two, three and four rooms.*

Number of Tenements. At the Censuy of 1901, the total No. of tenements in the Holborn Borough was 13,790. The following table gives details of the tenements of one, two, three and four rooms.*

Tenements withNo. of Tenements.Percentage of all Tenements.Total Occupants.Percentage of Population in each Group of Tenements.Average Occupants per room.Overcrowding.
No. of 1 to 4 roomed Tenements with more than 2 Occupants per room.No. of Occupants of such Tenements.Percentage of Population in such Tenements.
1 room3,72527.08,50214.32.281,2074,9168.28
2 rooms3,83427.813,78723.21.801,1266,74711 36
3 „2,22416.19.17515. 41.383282,6034.38
4 „9897.24,2607.21.08626091.03
Total10,77278.135,72460.1—2,78314.87525.05

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* The word "ovetcrowdin" is used in the sense that the tenements were occupied bv more than two persons per
room, and not in the legal sense, for of the 2,783 "overcrowded" tenements there were probably comparatively few for
which the Council could take action to abate overcrowding. The table shows that 60.1 per cent, of the population of the
Borough lived in tenements of one to four rooms, and that 27.5 per cent, lived in only one or two rooms.
estimated population, 1902.
The following are the estimated populations at the middle of the year 1902:—
Bloomsbury and St. Giles 31,020
Holborn Sub-District 27,522
Holborn Borough 58,542
London 4,613,812
England and Wales 33,378,338
United Kingdom 42,372,556