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The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
REPORT
OF
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1901.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
197, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.
To the Mayor, Ai.dermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
Gentlemen,
In this Annual Report for the year 1901, the various statistics for the year refer to the fiftytwo
weeks ending Saturday, December 28th, 1901, as adopted by the Registrar-General, and known
as the registration year.
Under the provisions of the London Government Act, 1899, various powers have been
transferred from the London County Council to the Borough Councils. These include the registration
of dairymen, and the duty of enforcing the bye-laws and regulations with respect to dairies and milk,
and with respect to slaughter-houses and offensive businesses. Also the power to adopt Part III. of
the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, which deals with the acquisition, erection and
management of Working Class Lodging Houses.
AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION.
From the Report of the Census 1901, recently published, the area of the Holborn Borough is
405*1 acres, the number of inhabited houses 4,703, and the population was 59,405, 29,489 males
and 29,916 females.
The following table gives details for tbe different parts of the Borough, also some of the details
for the Wards:—