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This is the intra-mural or inlying population, and does not
include the extra mural or outlying Finsbury residents detained in
the following institutions outside the confines of the borough:—
The Holborn Union Workhouse, Shepherdess Walk (986) ; the
Workhouse Infirmary, Archway Road (279); the Holborn Union
Workhouse, Mitcham (556) ; and the Holborn Schools, Mitcham
(338), giving a total of 2,159. Adding these to 87,566, the
Registrar-General's estimate gives a corrected population of
89,725 for the whole Borough in the middle of the year.
The decennial census of England and Wales was taken on the
night of Sunday, April 2nd, 1911. Every head of a family, and
every occupier of a tenement, was required to state in respect of
every occupant of the house or tenement, the name and surname,
the relationship to the head of the family, the age and sex, particulars
as to marriage, the number of children of each marriage, the
personal occupation, the industry or service in which employed,
the status whether as employer or worker, the birth place, the
nationality, and any attaching infirmity.

Since the last census in 1901, the populations of Clerkenwell, St.
Luke and St. Sepulchre have diminished by 6,538, 6669, and 280
respectively. Taking the borough as a whole, between 1901 and
1911, the percentage diminution in population is 16.9; the corresponding
decrease during the preceding 10 year interval 1891 to
1901 was 11.0 per cent.
It appears, therefore, that the depopulation of the borough is
being accelerated, or proceeding at an increased rate.