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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Marylebone 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone]

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Table: VITAL STATISTICS.Population, etc.—The populations of the several parishes of the District at the censuses of 1881, 1891 and 1896 were—

VITAL STATISTICS.

Population, etc.—The populations of the several parishes of the District at the censuses of 1881, 1891 and 1896 were—

1881.1891.1896.Area in acres.
St. Olave2,2472,1592,31448
St. Thomas7817528
St. John, Horselydown8,9289,8129,41769
11,95612,72311,731125

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The density of population in 1896 was 94 persons per
acre; for Registration London it was 59 to an acre.
I have based the calculations in the following Reports
upon the population of all ages as usually estimated to the
middle of the year 1898. This is 11.310.
I think this estimate is not less than the true population,
because, notwithstanding the demolition of houses in
connection with the Tower Bridge Approach and the South
Eastern Railway Extensions, the natural increase of the
population or excess of births over deaths during the past
three years has been 507.
Moreover, the number of persons belonging to the
District who were in outlying public institutions, of whom
68 died during the year, is unknown, and therefore not
allowed for in the estimate of population.
Allowance is also made in the calculations for the fact
that the Registrar's Returns include exactly 52 weeks.