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Holborn 1901

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

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Table: The following table gives details for the different parts of the Borough, also some of the details for the Wards:—

The following table gives details for the different parts of the Borough, also some of the details for the Wards:—

Area in Statute Acres.HOUSES.Families orseparate Occupiers.1901
Inhabited.Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.
Inoccupation.Not in occupation.
18911901
St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury232.53,4892,596517140496,752
Lincoln's Inn... ... . .11.5202136-—22
Bloomsbuky and St. Giles2443,5092,617553140496,774
St. Andrew, Holborn and St. George-the-Martyr......117.82,6731,80925465146,395
Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place ...29.7465228169146505
Irray's Inn11.5494110__107
Furnival's Inn1.111—__
Staple Inn1.01083——9
Holborn Sdb-Division ......161.13,2082,08643679207,016
Holborn Borough.........405.16,7174,7039892196913,790
Wards :—
Bloomsbury, North——50882112
Bloomsbury, South_—6541155516
Lincoln's Inn__411246311
Saffron Hill_—228169146
St. Andrew, North_—51247211
St. Andrew, South-east—_682162228
St. George-the-Martyr...—_66458225
St. Giles, Central ... ..._—6241152019
St. Giles, North42069131

Table: POPULATION.

POPULATION.

Persons.Males.Females.
1891.1901.1891.1901.1891.1901.
St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury35,54131,43617,23315,37018,30816,066
Lincoln's Inn436125411820
Bloomsbury and St. Giles35,58431,49717,25815,41118,32616,086
St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George-the-Martyr Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely27,20425,10313,38612,44113,81812,622
Rents, and Ely Place3,6222,5611,8811,4881,7411,073
Gray's Inn25323213614011792
Furnival's Inn97—40—57—
Staple Inn211215963
Holborn Sub-Division31,19727,90815,45814,07815,73913,830
Holborn Borough66,78159,40532,71629,48934,06529,916
Wards:-
Bloomsbury, North-5,204-2,411—2,793
Bloomsbury, South—7,194—3,219—3,975
Lincoln's Inn—5,605—2,974—2,631
Saffron Hill—2,561—1,488—1,073
St. Andrew, North—4,518—2,142—2,376
St. Andrew, South East—10,549—5,506—5,043
St. George-the-Martyr—10,280—4,942—5,338
St. Giles, Central-9,622—5,196—4,426
St. Giles, North-3,872-1,611-2,261