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[1909
Area.—The area of the Borough is 3,092 acres, nearly all of which, with
the exception of 291 acres, devoted to parks or similar open spaces, railway
lines, canals or markets, is built upon.

Water, which is mainly the Regents Canal, covers in Tufnell 74 acres,
in Thornhill 5T acres, in Canonbury 2.2 acres, in St. Mary's 0.9 acres, and in
St. Peter's 1.6 acres.
Railways in Tufnell occupy 20.84 acres, in Upper Holloway 7.3 acres, in
Tollington 21.9 acres, in Lower Holloway 33 0 acres, in Thornhill 17.5 acres,
in Barnsbury 4.5 acres, in Highbury 71.4 acres, in Mildmay 4.7 acres, in
Canonbury 10.5 acres, and in St. Mary's 5.3 acres.
Markets use up 14.9 acres in Lower Holloway, where the City of London
Cattle Market is situated.
Parks or Open Spaces are in possession of 6.2 acres in Tufnell
of 110 acres in Lower Holloway, of 4.7 acres in Thornhill, of 22.4 acres in
Highbury, of 10.0 acres in Mildmay, of 1.3 acres in Canonbury, of 5.3 acres in
St. Mary's, and of 1.9 acres in St. Peter's.
Areas of the Sub-Distriots.—The actual area of each of the sub-districts
in acres is as follows:—Tufnell 417, Upper Holloway 290, Tollington 320,
Lower Holloway 413, Highbury 798, Barnsbury 309, South-East Islington 545.
Thus it is seen that large portions of these areas are not available for
living on, and consequently the acreage of such unavailable spaces should be
deducted from the gross area before the actual density of the population (i.e.,
the number of persons living on each acre) can be arrived at.
The following figures give this information:—