Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1911
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2.—A front room on the ground floor was occupied for living
and sleeping by the father, mother, and a daughter, 18
years.
3.—A family, consisting of a mother, two sons, aged 25 and
19 years, and 2 daughters, 28 and 6 years, occupied a one.
roomed tenement for living and sleeping. The room
contained one ordinary bed and one floor bed.
4.—A family, consisting of the father, mother and six children
—males 15, 9 and 6 years, and females 30, 17 and 13
years—occupied a three.roomed tenement. The father,
mother and the three boys occupied the same bed.
Address. | Registered Owner | Registered Number of Occupants. | Average Attendance. |
---|---|---|---|
Pentonville Road, 19-23 | Mrs. Shuttleworth | 93 | 55 |
White Lion Street, 57 | Mr. Shuttleworth | 98 | 70 |
Clerkenwell Green, 35 | Mr. J. H. Claytor | 73 | 34 |
St. John's Lane, 34 | Mrs. Holland | 48 | 25 |
Old Street, 97 | Mr. W. H. Hatch | 80 | 62 |
Banner Street, 6 | Mr. C. Fitzwm. Campbell | 140 | 105 |
Totals | 532 | 351 |
They are administered by the London County Council, and are
licensed annually at a special meeting held in June of each year.
Notice of objection to the licence of any common lodging house
must be sent in duplicate to the Clerk of the London County
Council, at least a week before the date of the special meeting.
Systematic House to House Inspection.—The details of
the work done under The Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910, are indicated briefly in the subjoined table:—