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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 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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APPENDIX.
TABLE I.
Showing the number of One-room Tenements, the number of Persons occupying them in 1891 and 1901, together with the increase or decrease in 1901 when compared with 1891.
| No. of Persons each Tenement. | Number of Tenements. | Increase or Decrease 1901. | Number of Persons, in Occupation. | Increase or Decrease 1901. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | |||
| 1 person | 4,559 | 5,062 | + 503 | 4,559 | 5,062 | + 503 |
| 2 persons | 4,240 | 4,577 | + 337 | 8,480 | 9,154 | + 647 |
| 3 ,, | 2,137 | 2,014 | -123 | 6,411 | 6,042 | - 369 |
| 4 ,, | 1,194 | 925 | -269 | 4,776 | 3,700 | - 1,076 |
| 5 ,, | 497 | 273 | -224 | 2,485 | 1,365 | - 1,120 |
| 6 ,, | 159 | 74 | - 85 | 954 | 444 | - 510 |
| 7,, | 51 | 22 | - 29 | 357 | 154 | - 203 |
| 8 ,, | 10 | 6 | - 4 | 80 | 48 | - 32 |
| 9 ,, | 4 | 1 | - 3 | 30 | 9 | - 27 |
| 10 ,, | 4 | 1 | - 3 | 40 | 10 | - 30 |
| 11 ,, | 1 | _ | - 1 | 11 | — | 11 |
| 12 ,, | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Totals | 12,856 | 12,955 | + 99 | 28,189 | 25.988 | - 2,201 |
TABLE II.
Showing the number of Two room Tenements, the number of Persons occupying them in 1891 and in 1901, together with the increase or decrease in 1901 when compared with 1891.
| No. of Persons each Tenement | Number of Tenements. | Increase or Decrease 1901. | Number of Persons in Occupation. | Increase or Decrease 1901. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | |||
| 1 persons | 1,293 | 1,204 | -89 | 1,293 | 1,204 | - 89 |
| 2 persons | 4,097 | 5,084 | + 987 | 8,194 | 10,168 | + 1,974 |
| 3 ,, | 3,656 | 4,684 | + 1,028 | 10,968 | 14,052 | + 3,084 |
| 4 ,, | 2,915 | 3,507 | + 592 | 11,660 | 14,028 | + 2,368 |
| 5 ,, | 2,135 | 2,203 | + 68 | 10,675 | 11,015 | + 340 |
| 6 ,, | 1 304 | 1 253 | -51 | 7,824 | 7,518 | - 306 |
| 7 ,, | 753 | 624 | -129 | 5,271 | 4,368 | - 903 |
| 8 ,, | 379 | 258 | - 121 | 3,032 | 2,064 | - 968 |
| 9 ,, | 133 | 87 | -46 | 1,197 | 783 | - 414 |
| 10 ,, | 39 | 23 | -16 | 390 | 230 | - 160 |
| 11 ,, | 9 | 6 | -3 | 99 | 66 | - 33 |
| 12 ,, | 3 | 1 | -2 | 36 | 12 | - 24 |
| Totals | 16,716 | 18.934 | + 2,218 | 60,639 | 65,508 | + 4,869 |