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SECTION A
Physical Features and Social Conditions
General:
Area of the Borough (acres).
Population 1961 census.
Population Density.
Rateable Value 31.3.64.
Product of a penny rate (1963/64)
General rate 1963/64.
587
32,887
56
£9,376,607
£36,896
7/6d
Finsbury, one of Londons 28 Metropolitan Boroughs, is situated in
Central London.
The Borough as a whole is built up and congested and possesses very
few open spaces, all of which are small in size.
A large part of the Borough, particularly in the South East, is
essentially industrial and the day population of the Borough has been
estimated as between 150,000 and 200,000.
The industries accommodated are very varied and include, besides the
clock and watch trade which has been associated with Clerkenwell for many
years, the scientific and optical instrument making, jewellery, printing and
clothing trades.
The residential parts of the Borough are mainly working class in
character.
During the late war Finsbury suffered the loss of many factories
warehouses and offices, especially in the eastern part of the Borough and
there still exist many bombed sites. Residential property also suffered
considerable damage.
The rateable value has steadily increased since 1951 when it was
£956,228 consequent on rebuilding of war damaged properties and devasted
areas. A feature of post war development has been the erection of large
blocks of modern flats.