London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1913
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913
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SYSTEMATIC HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION, 1913.
| Street, Place, or Buildings. | No. of houses inspected. | No. of houses in which defects were found. | Percentage of houses with defects to houses inspected. | Families occupying. | Number of rooms. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Occupied. | Empty. | Over, crowded. | |||||
| Baker's Row | 2 | 1 | 50·0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldwin Street | 43 | 22 | 51·7 | 117 | 243 | 234 | 9 | 0 |
| Baltic Street | 8 | 5 | 62·5 | 30 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 0 |
| Bartholomew Buildings | 98 | 38 | 38·7 | 98 | 239 | 239 | 0 | 0 |
| Buxton Street | 8 | 5 | 62·5 | 25 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
| Chapel Place | 13 | 11 | 84·6 | 18 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 0 |
| Claremont Mews | 9 | 4 | 44·4 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Place | 4 | 1 | 25·0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Compton Street | 51 | 7 | 13·7 | 83 | 278 | 239 | 39 | 0 |
| Compton Passage | 9 | 3 | 33·3 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| Crawford Passage | 1 | 1 | 100·0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Donegal Street | 10 | 1 | 10·0 | 23 | 65 | 52 | 13 | 0 |
| Elizabeth Place | 8 | 1 | 12·5 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Hatfield Street | 20 | 12 | 60·0 | 71 | 116 | 104 | 12 | 0 |
| Helmet Row | 32 | 15 | 46·8 | 120 | 207 | 206 | 1 | 0 |
| Hewitt's Buildings | 9 | 4 | 44·4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Holford Mews | 3 | 1 | 33·3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay's Buildings | 7 | 5 | 71·4 | 13 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb's Buildings | 2 | 1 | 50·0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Little Sutton Street | 33 | 28 | 84·.8 | 33 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 4 |
| Little Sutton Street Bldgs. | 41 | 19 | 46·3 | 41 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Ludlow Street | 10 | 5 | 50·0 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Macclesfield Place | 6 | 4 | 66·6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Market Buildings | 12 | 2 | 16·6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Street | 14 | 6 | 42·8 | 54 | 93 | 89 | 4 | 0 |
| Muriel Street | 9 | 5 | 55·5 | 21 | 5i | 51 | 0 | 3 |
| Norman Street | 9 | 3 | 33·3 | 20 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
| Northampton Buildings | 100 | 36 | 36·0 | 100 | 258 | 258 | 0 | 1 |
| Northampton Road | 55 | 32 | 58·1 | 173 | 375 | 375 | 0 | 0 |
| Northampton Row | 6 | 4 | 66·.6 | 13 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
| Radnor Street | 43 | 33 | 76·7 | 117 | 249 | 238 | 11 | 0 |
| Richard Street | 16 | 12 | 75·0 | 40 | 109 | 106 | 3 | 0 |
| Risinghill Street | 44 | 34 | 77·2 | 167 | 328 | 284 | 44 | 8 |
| Rodney Place | 11 | 6 | 54·5 | 19 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 2 |
| Rodney Residences | 21 | 11 | 52.3 | 21 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Street | 35 | 11 | 31·4 | 135 | 358 | 316 | 42 | 1 |
| Roscoe Street | 100 | 3 | 3·0 | 100 | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Place | 8 | 8 | 1oo·o | 11 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Smithfield Buildings | 10 | 1 | 1o·o | 10 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Street | 35 | 28 | 80.0 | 98 | 229 | 219 | 10 | 0 |
| Withers Place | 10 | 8 | 80·0 | 18 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Young's Buildings | 6 | 1 | l6.6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 971 | 438 | 45·1 | 1,896 | 4,462 | 4,051 | 211 | 20 |