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St Mary (Islington) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]
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Table No . I.
Area, houses and population of Saint Mary, Islington, in the Census years 1881 and 1891.
| District. | Area in Acres. | Inhabited Houses, | Population at Census. | Increase of population in decade. | Tenements of less than five rooms. | Number of Inhabitants to each house. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881. | 1891. | 1881. | 1891. | 1891. | 1891. | |||
| Upper Holloway | 1,030 | 8,431 | 11,228 | 67,946 | 90,272 | 22,326 | 11,202 | 8.0 |
| South-West | 809 | 10,940 | 11,364 | 100,976 | 105,554 | 4,578 | 19,147 | 9.2 |
| South-East | 4g3 | 7,546 | 7,256 | 61,895 | 64,411 | 2,516 | 11,877 | 8.8 |
| Highbury | 805 | 7,129 | 8,411 | 52,048 | 59,193 | 7,145 | 7,197 | 7.0 |
| Whole Parish | 3,107 | 34,046 | 38,259 | 282,865 | 319,430* | 36,565* | 49,423 | 8.3 |
| *These are the uncorrected figures. | ||||||||
The estimated population at the middle of 1891, on which the
subsequent calculations are based, was 320,418. It will be noticed in
some of the tables that the estimated populations at the middle of each
Year have been recalculated: this became necessary when it was found
that the actual population at the Census was proved to be nearly
.10,000 less than that estimated.