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Islington 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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17 [1899

Table: Table VI. Showing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London, and the several Metropolitan Sanitary Districts in 1899, arranged in order of Density.

Table VI. Showing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London, and the several Metropolitan Sanitary Districts in 1899, arranged in order of Density.

Districts.Estimated Population, 1899.Area in Acres.Persons to each Acre.Death Rates.
Cols.12345
London4,546,78274,67260.919.32.46
Lee40,2197,0005.715.12.06
Lewisham91,0275,77315.710.32.23
St. Mariin-in-the-Fields ..12,14265418.515.61.07
Plumstead64,0313,38318.914.31.35
Wandsworth209,6559,28522.015.31.89
Hampstead80,2522,24835.711.61.16
Woolwich41,5421,12036.921.22.44
Hammersmith108,7852,28647.619.02.11
Greenwich182,5133,42553.318.82.76
Kotherliithe41,05075454.421.12.80
Stoke Newington35,18763855.112.71.33
Camberwell264,8174,45059.517.42.52
Westminster52.11781364.122 31.64
Hackney222,5713,29967.516.92.22
St.Geoige, Hanover Square80,8761,11772.414.21.09
Poplar170,0002,33373.122.18.41
Fulham130,7201,70176.819.23.23
Lambeth308,1083,94178.219. 22.65
Kensington172 8992,18879.017.71.53
Battersea174,9902,10980.616.72 2.2
St. Ulave, Southwark11,09812588.824.92.61
St. Pancras244,5482,07291.520.32.69
Marylebone140,1391,50093.018.61.70
London City27.98628697.821.31.36
Paddington128.7941,250102.516.11.55
Islington348.7313,109112 018 O2.21
St. Saviour, Souihwark24,207204118.625.13.51
Chelsea96,721794121.819.62.13
Limehouse58,804465126.425.63.78
St. James, Westminster21,827103133.817.91.12
Bermondsey85,835627136.924.13.46
Strand23,016166138.022.71.30
St. Giles'37,190244152.419.91.40
Mile End Old Town113,101077107.121.32.27
Bethnal Green128,938755170.722.83.15
St. Luke40,868237172.428.43.03
Clerkenwell66,068380173.822.63.04
Holborn29,621168176.324.92.23
Shoreditch121,071048186.823.83.64
Newington124,160031196.724.03.67
St. George-in-the-East48,560244199.027.13.44
St. George, Southwark00,536284213.127.74.53
Whitechapel81,391357228.0211212

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In this Table it is seen that there are 25 Metropolitan Sanitary
Districts with a lesser, and 17 with a greater, density than Islington.