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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
Westminster 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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WARDS.
Area in Statute
Acres.
1801.
1811.
1821.
1831.
1841.
1851.
1861.
1871,
1881.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
St. Margaret's
12367
17,508
2408
19,202
2472
22,568
2936
25,529
3366
30,489
3139
31,314
853
7558
868
8343
934
7663
No. 1 (Knightsbridge)
384
No. 2
99
1229
13 737
1216
12 737
1083
11 445
No. 3 (inclusive of the
Close of St. Peter)
121
993
9435
692
6492
578
5322
Total
604
2367
17,508
2408
19,202
2472
22,568
2936
25,529
3366
30,489
3139
31,314
3075
30,730
2776
27,572
2595
24,430
St. John's (made a
separae Parish in
1797)
No. 1
58
11268
8375
1407
10.615
2089
16,835
2807
22,648
3073
26,223
3503
34,295
1192
11 049
1275
11 328
1 987
10 87Q
No. 2
67
1485
15 513
1322
15 051
1211
1^ 262
No. 3
86
1046
10,921
1118
12,099
1112
11,355
Total
211
1268
8375
1407
10,615
2089 16,835
2807
22,648
3073
26,223
3503
34,295
3723
37,483
3715
38,478
3610
35,496
Total for St. Margaret
(with the Close of
St. Peter) and St.
John
815
3635
25,883
3815
29,817
4561
39,403
5743
48,177
6439
56,712
6642
65,609
67.98
68,213
6491
66,050
6205
59,926
The Close of the Collegiate
Church of
St. Peter
9 ... ...
175
25
181
25
185
34
231
35
372
36
323
23
200
23
242