Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Some notes on the housing question in Finsbury...
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The following table dealing only with the Clerkenwell and St. Luke constituent parts of the Borough, may be added for the sake of reference, though it is based upon the census returns for 1891, the figures for 1901 not being yet available :—
Rooms in Tenement | Number of Tenements with less than 5 rooms. | NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS OF TENEMENTS. | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 or more. | |||
Total Tenements in Clerkenwell and St. Luke, 26,188 | ONE | 8505 | 2283 | 2862 | 1665 | 976 | 433 | 196 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | _ |
TWO | 8074 | 342 | 1409 | 1537 | 1478 | 1240 | 1008 | 634 | 282 | 102 | 35 | 5 | 2 | |
THREE | 4047 | 86 | 467 | 582 | 610 | 627 | 564 | 449 | 337 | 195 | 85 | 28 | 17 | |
FOUR | 1806 | 18 | 139 | 206 | 286 | 278 | 273 | 208 | 163 | 121 | 64 | 33 | 17 | |
22432 | 2729 | 4877 | 3990 | 3350 | 2578 | 2041 | 1361 | 793 | 422 | 188 | 67 | 36 |