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Islington 1902

Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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[1902
Distribution of the Population.—The estimated population is
distributed among the seven Sub-registration districts in the following
manner, to Tufnell 32,458 persons, Upper Holloway 34,442, Tollington 34,385,
Lower Holloway 41,486, Highbury 64,519, Barnsbury 54,368, South-East
Islington 75,610. Each of these sub-districts is equal both in size and
population to many well known Boroughs in the Kingdom, which are centres
for important manufacture, a fact which emphasizes the great size of Islington
(vide Table II.)
The Wards are estimated to contain the undermentioned populations:—
Tufnell 32,458, Upper Holloway 34,442, Tollington 34,385, Lower Holloway
41,485, Highbury 34,814, Mildmay 24,818, Thornhill 33.329, Barnsbury 21,039,
St. Mary 17,255, Canonbury 30,588, and St. Peter 52,654 (vide Table II.).

Table: Table I.Showing the Areas, Densities, and Estimated Populations of the Sub-registration Districts at the middle of the year 1902.

Table I.

Showing the Areas, Densities, and Estimated Populations of the Sub-registration Districts at the middle of the year 1902.

Sub-Districts.Area. Acres.Acres to a person.Persons to an Acre.Estimated Population Mid-year.
Tufnell4170.01287732,458
Upper Holloway2900.008411934,442
Tollington3200.009310734,385
Lower Holloway4130.009910041,486
Highbury7980.01238064,519
Barnsbury3090.005617654,368
South-East Islington5450.007213875,610
The Borough3.0920.0091109337,268

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Note.—Owing to the registration year containing fifty-three weeks, all the statistics in this
report are based upon an estimated population for that period, viz.:—(343,754).