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London County Council 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
19O2.
PART I.
Population.
The population of the administrative county of London, estimated to the middle of the
year 1902, was 4,579,110.

Table: The population of each of the metropolitan boroughs, as constituted by the London Ijrovern-ment Act of 1899, estimated to the middle of 1902, is shown in the following table—

The population of each of the metropolitan boroughs, as constituted by the London Ijrovern-ment Act of 1899, estimated to the middle of 1902, is shown in the following table—

Metropolitan Boroughs.Estimated population, 1902.Metropolitan Boroughs.Estimated population, 1902.Metropolitan Boroughs.Estimated population, 1902.
Paddington145,107Stoke Newington.51,700Bermondsey130,22 8
Kensington177,605Hackney .221,926Lambeth305,102
Hammersmith114,210Holborn58,535Battersea171,401
Fulham143,102Finsbury.100,487Wandsworth241,810
Chelsea74,018City of London25,598Camberwell262,775
City of Westminstei180,800Shored itch118,004Deptford111,577
St. Marylebone132,145Bethnal-green129,865Greenwich98,013
Hampstead.83,743Stepney300,551Lewisham132,432
St. Pancras235.521Poplar169,214Woolwich119,556
Islington337,270South'wark206,825

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Overcrowding, etc., in tenements of less than five rooms.
The last annual report contained a table (page 2, et seq.) showing the number of persons
living in tenements of less than five rooms, and the number of such persons living more than two in
a room in each of the metropolitan boroughs. At the date of the 1901 census a similar table
relating to the previous census of 1891 was published in my annual report for 1892, but owing
to the changes in the area of the London sanitary districts consequent upon the London Government
Act of 1899, these tables do not admit of strict comparison.

Table: The Registrar-General has, however, recently supplied the Council with the figures relating to the occupation ot tenements of less than five rooms at the date of the last census in the sanitary areas of the county, as constituted prior to the passing of the London Government Act of 1899, and the following table, so far as it relates to the year 1901, is based upon these figures; the percentages shown, relating to the year 1891, are taken from my annual report for 1892, and are based upon the figures of the 1891 census—

The Registrar-General has, however, recently supplied the Council with the figures relating to the occupation ot tenements of less than five rooms at the date of the last census in the sanitary areas of the county, as constituted prior to the passing of the London Government Act of 1899, and the following table, so far as it relates to the year 1901, is based upon these figures; the percentages shown, relating to the year 1891, are taken from my annual report for 1892, and are based upon the figures of the 1891 census—

Sanitary area.Tenements withPercentage of total population in each group of tenements.Overcrowding.
Percentage of total population living more than 2 in a room in tenements of Its* than 6 rooms.
1891.1901.Increase or decrease.1891.1901.Increase or decrease.
Battersea1 room4.63.7— 092.351.59- 0.76
2 rooms12.111.4- 0.75.083.95— 1.13
3 „19.018.0— 1.04.533.31— 1.22
4,,18.719.6+ 0.92.242.00— 0.24
Total54.452.7— 1.714.2010.85— 3.35
Bermondsey1 room9.27.5— 1.75.113.66— 1.45
2 rooms19.020.0+ 1.08.637.77— 0.86
3 ,,19.120.4+ 1.35.535.78+ 0.25
4 ,,22.820.2— 2.64.033.27— 0.76
Total70.168.1— 2.023.3020.48— 2.82