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Holborn 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION.
Area.
From the report of the Census, 1901, the area of the Borough is 405.1 acres.
| The number of inhabitated houses | ||
| The number of houses occupied for business purposes only | ||
| The number of houses not in occupation | ||
| The number of houses building | ||
| Males | ||
| Females | ||
| Total | ||
Density of population 147 persons per acre.
„ „ for London 61 „ „
Details for the different parts of the Borough, and details of the changes in
the population due to changes in the boundaries under the London Government
Act, were given in the Annual Report for the year 1901.
Details of the age and sex distribution of the population were given in the
Annual Report for the year 1902.
The number of persons of foreign nationality in the Borough at the last
Census was 5,706; 3,978 males and 1728 females Of these 2,029 were Italians,
1,098 Germans, and 660 French.
In the County of London the total number of foreigners was 135,377 ;
79,804 males and 55,573 females.
Other details were given in the Annual Report for the year 1902.
The following are the estimated populations at the middle of the year 1906: —
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 29,543 |
| Holborn Sub-District | 26,322 |
| Holborn Borough | 55,865 |
| London | 4,721,217 |
| England and Wales | 34,547,016 |
| United Kingdom | 43,659,121 |