Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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The occupation of dwellings of various sizes and by families of different sizes is shown in the following tables:-
Structurally Separate Dwellings of | Number of Rooms | ||||||||||||
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1 Room | 2 Rooms | 3 Rooms | 4 Rooms | 5 Rooms | 6-8 Rooms | 9 or more Rooms | All Sizes | Total | Occupied | Vacant | |||
Furnished | Others | ||||||||||||
Dwellings occupied by one private family | 420 | 2,717 | 3,270 | 2,461 | 981 | 907 | 49 | 10,805 | 36,592 | 36,388 | 70 | 134 | |
Dwellings occupied by two private families | 5 | 51 | 220 | 1,053 | 1,133 | 2,831 | 56 | 5,349 | 28,874 | 28,755 | 64 | 55 | |
Dwellings occupied by three or more private families. | — | — | 17 | 147 | 284 | 1,247 | 307 | 2,002 | 13,356 | 13,323 | 16 | 17 | |
Total dwellings occupied | 425 | 2,768 | 3,507 | 3,661 | 2,398 | 4,985 | 412 | 18,156 | 78,822 | 78,466 | 150 | 206 | |
Dwellings wholly vacant | furnished | 0 | 11 | 11 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | 42 | 124 | — | 124 | — |
others | 1 | 14 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 87 | 336 | — | — | 336 | |
Total dwellings occupied and vacant | 435 | 2,793 | 3,545 | 3,692 | 2,408 | 4,998 | 414 | 18,285 | 79,282 | 78,466 | 274 | 542 | |
Number of private families therein | 430 | 2,819 | 3,761 | 5,013 | 4.119 | 10,503 | 1,271 | 27,916 | — | — | - | - | |
Miscellaneous habitations and institutions housing non-private families | 44 |