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Islington 1905

Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: Table IIIShowing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London and of the several Metropolitan Boroughs in 1905, arranged in order of Density.

Table III

Showing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London and of the several Metropolitan Boroughs in 1905, arranged in order of Density.

Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1905.Area in Acres.(Density) Persons to each Acre.Death Rates.
All Causes.Epidemic Diseases.
Cols.12345
County of London4,684,79474,83962.615.11.70
Woolwich125,3728,27615.112.81.02
Lewisham144,4207,01420.611.70.95
Greenwich103,4933,85226.913.41.30
Wandsworth265,3929,12929.112.61.46
City of London22,42567133.417.40.57
Hampstead88,1422,26538.99.30.53
Hammersmith119,0372,28652.113.91.70
Camberwell271,2404,48060.513.71.30
Stoke Newington52,82886361.212.91.14
Hackney228,4793,28869.514.01.98
City of Westminster175,6062,50270.213.50.81
Poplar170,2802,32773.217.62.65
Deptford114,4951,56273.314.31.19
Lambeth313,0454,08076.714.91.50
Kensington180,0832,29178.614.01.39
Battersea177,5322,16082.214.51.99
Bermondsey129,0061,50086.018.72.21
St. Pancras236,1832,69487.715.81.50
St. Marylehone129,4531,47287.915.51.12
Fulham157,2101,70392.315.12.71
Paddington147,9351,356109.113.31.39
Islington342,9943,092110.914.41.54
Chelsea74,496660112.814.81.03
Holborn56,481405139.417.51.12
Finsbury98,207589166.719.02.17
Bethnal Green130,401759171.818.62.27
Stepney305,4661,765173.017.72.58
Shoreditch116,565658177.119.72.96
Southwark208,5281,131184.318.52.39