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Holborn 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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occupied by working classes. Of the 74 non-registered houses, 28 were block
dwellings. one block being counted as one house. The 28 blocks included 587
tenements. The total number of buildings in the Borough occupied for dwelling
purposes is given by the Census, 1921, as 3,473. The number of tenements
occupied by working classes as returned to the London County Council is 8,571.
This figure represents the total tenements in the Borough consisting of one, two,
three or four rooms.
| (1) | Estimated population | 42,850 | |
| (2) | General death rate | 13-3 | |
| (3) | Death-rate from tuberculosis (all forms) | 1-19 | |
| (4) | Infantile mortality rate | 72 | |
| *(5) | Number of buildings containing dwellings | (Census, 1921) | 3,473 |
| †(6) | Number of separate dwellings | (Census, 1921) | 7,202 |
| ‡ (6a) | Number of working-class tenements | 8.571 | |
| (7) | Number of new working-class houses erected | nil |
2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I.— INSPECTION.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public or Housing Acts) 991 §
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 nil||
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 789
II.—REMEDY OF DEFECTS WITHOUT SERVICE OF FORMAL NOTICES
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers ?
*" Buildings."—A structure wholly detached or separated from another by a party wall,
e.g., a block of flats is one building.
+" Separate dwelling," i.e., having separate access to street or common landing or
staircase, e.g., each flat in a block is a separate dwelling, but a private house not structurally
divided is a single unit whether occupied by one or more families.
‡" Working-class tenements," i.e., separate occupations of one, two, three or four rooms
only.
§ Practically all these houses were tenement houses containing a number of tenements.
II All the more insanitary houses are always annually .inspected, although none last year
were formally recorded under the above Regulations.