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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
Islington 1902
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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[1902
Table LVI.
| PUBLIC INSTITUTION. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | Total Inhabitants. | Non-Inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington Infirmary | 58 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 112 | 152 | 565 | 14 |
| Islington Workhouses | 9 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 43 | 166 | 2 |
| Workhouse Schools | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Gt. Northern Hospital | 17 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 130 | 122 |
| Holborn Infirmary | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 422 |
| Aged Pilgrims' Asylum | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| St. Pelagias' Creche | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| Aged Blind Home | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Medical and Surgical Home | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Children's Nursing Home | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. John's Nursing Institute | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kingsdown Orphanage | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Alexandra Orphanage | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Whittington College | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tufnell Park Nursing Institution | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| H.M. Prison, Holloway | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 |
| H.M. Prison, Pentonville | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | 5 |
| Drovers' Almshouses | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| London Fever Hospital | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Memorial Cottage Hospital | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 |
| Invalid Home, Aubert Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Invalid Home, Highbury Terrace | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Bookbinders' Asylum | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bricklayers' and Tilers' Almshouses | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dyers' Almshouses | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pennefather Memorial Home | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Clothworkers' Almshouses | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| St. Andrew's Nursing Home | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Highbury Truant School | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Totals | 95 | 120 | 101 | 111 | 124 | 149 | 209 | 909 | *616 |
* There were also 16 deaths at places not mentioned in list.