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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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Table: The Borough Council Housing Estates consisted at the end of the year of the flats set out in the following table:—

The Borough Council Housing Estates consisted at the end of the year of the flats set out in the following table:—

Lloyd Baker Street119
Margery Street144
Cyrus House40
Mandeville Houses118
Grimaldi House15
Royley House12
Spa Green Estate129
Killick Street Estate24
Priory Green Estate85
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These flats contained the number of rooms as under:—
1 Room—12 Flats 3 Rooms—341 Flats 5 Rooms—15 Flats
2 Rooms—40 Flats 4 Rooms—278 Flats
537 premises having been requisitioned remained in use for
housing purposes at the end of the year.
In addition the Borough Council remained in possession of
“Corporation Buildings” consisting of 183 Flats. This is old
property acquired before the War as a site for rebuilding.

Table: The County Council Housing Estates consisted at the end of the year of the flats as set out in the following table:—

The County Council Housing Estates consisted at the end of the year of the flats as set out in the following table:—

Coster Buildings56
Wenlake Buildings86
Chadworth Buildings136
Mallory Buildings33
Amias House29
Tompion House80
Earnshaw House10
Total430

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Slum Clearance.
The tentative proposals submitted to the Council and approved
and forwarded by it to the London County Council were still under
consideration by the County Council at the end of the year.