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Islington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Houses.
The number of inhabited houses 4,703
The number of houses occupied for business purposes only 989
The number of houses not in occupation 219
The number of houses building 29
Population.
Males 29,489
Females 29,916
Total 59,405
Density of population 147 persons per acre.
„ ,, for London 61 ,, „
Details for the different parts of the Borough, and details of the changes in the
population due to changes in the boundaries under the London Government Act, were
given in the Annual Report for the year 1901.
Details of the age and sex distribution of the population were given in the
Annual Report for the year 1902.
The number of persons of foreign nationality in the Borough at the last Census
was 5,706; 3,978 males and 1,728 females. Of these 2,029 were Italians, 1,098
Germans and 660 French.
In the County of London the total number of foreigners was 135,377; 79,804
males and 55,573 females.
Other details were given in the Annual Report for the year 1902.

ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1908. The following are the estimated populations at the middle of the year 1908:-

Bloomsbury and St. Giles28,830
Holborn Sub-District25,742
Holborn Borough54,572
London4,795,757
England and Wales35,348,780
United Kingdom44,539,593