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TO THE
VESTRY OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.
Gentlemen,
At the request of the Public Health Committee, I
have undertaken to compile the Annual Report for 1891. In the
ordinary course, a report would have been prepared by Dr. C. M. Tidy ;
but, unfortunately, his illness and subsequent death rendered this
impossible.
I do not propose to enter at length into the details of the work
performed in the Public Health Department, neither do I intend to
criticise the mortality returns, for the simple reason that I was not
Medical Officer of Health at the time.
CENSUS.
The Census of Islington was taken on April 5th, when it was
ascertained that the number of houses and inhabitants were as follows
1891. 1881.
Houses 38,259 34,046
Inhabitants 319,443 282,865
There has been, therefore, an increase of 4,213 in the number of
houses, and 36,578 in the population in the ten years, 1881-91.