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Between the Census of 1881 and that of 1891, the number of inhabited
houses in St. Pancras decreased from 24,705 to 24,443, some 262, and the
population from 236,363 to 234,379, some 1,984 persons.
Between the Census of 1891 and the recent Census of 1901, and taking the
neu boundary as the area of the Borough, the number of inhabited houses
decreased from 24,511 in 1891, to 23,715 in 1901, some 796 houses, but the
number of inhabitants increased from 234,749 to 235,317, some 568 persons.
And it must be also remembered that the houses that are demolished are mostly
houses of six, eight, or ten rooms, and that the new houses erected are mostly
artizans' buildings containing a number of dwellings of less than five rooms.
If we go closer into the movement of population, we find that between 1881
and 1891, the natural increase of the population (that is, the excess of births
over deaths) during the ten years was 25,456, but at the Census of 1891 it was
found that the population had actually decreased by 1,984 persons, so that no
less than 27,440 persons had migrated from St. Pancras.
Between 1891 and 1901 the excess of births over deaths during the ten years
was 20,897, but at the Census of 1901 the actual increase was only 533 persons,
so that 20,364 persons had migrated from St. Pancras.
In fact, from 2,700 to 2,300 persons migrate from St. Pancras every year;
there is no room for them, and those that remain are packed closer in the
houses, as shown by the fact that the number and size of the inhabited houses
are decreasing, and the number of population is increasing.
If we look at the statistics of tenements, we find that the number of one-room
tenements decreased between 1891 and 1901 by some 1,951, and that the two,
three, and four room tenements increased 607, 721, and 953, respectively,
making an increase of 7,189 rooms; but then the five or more room tenements
decreased by 630, and these tenements generally represented 6, 8, and
10 roomed houses, so that the 630 must be multiplied by 8 at least to find the
decreased number of rooms, namely, 5,040, to which must be added the 1,951
single rooms, making a total diminution of rooms equal to the total increase.
From which it may be assumed that during the ten years 189l-1901, there was
no increase of dwelling accommodation, and as a matter of fact the Census of
1901 showed a decrease of 300 in the total number of dwellings of all kinds in
St. Pancras.
The number of persons occupying this diminished number of tenements was
increased by 938.
So that, during the last decennium in 300 fewer dwellings 938 more persons
were housed, but at the same time the number of persons living in one room
diminished by 6,857 and the number living in two, three, four, and five or
more rooms, increased, respectively, by 931, 1,779, 4,233, and 852, a total of
7,795, equalling the 6,857 + 938.