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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
Holborn 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Tenements.
The 233 houses were let out into 1,066 tenements,viz. : —
One-room holdings 410 (38 per cent.)
Two-room holdings 395 (37 per cent.)
Three-room holdings 181 (17 per cent.)
Four-room holdings 55 (5 per cent.)
Five-or-more-room holdings 25 (2 per cent.)
| Number of houses inspected. | Rooms per tenement. | Total number of tenements. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1room. | 2rooms. | 3rooms. | 4rooms. | 5rooms. | |||
| Dane Street | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 26 |
| Devonshire Street | 42 | 85 | 81 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 215 |
| Eagle Street | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | 27 |
| East Street | 32 | 79 | 70 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 187 |
| Fisher Street | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Harpur Mews | - | 1 | — | — | 3 | ||
| Lamb's Conduit Passage | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |||
| New North Street | 23 | 8 | 2 | 92 | |||
| Old Gloucester Street | 46 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 285 | ||
| Old North Street | 6 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 36 |
| Ormond Yard | 27 | 6 | 5 | 71 | |||
| Princeton Street | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 13 |
| Red Lion Passage | 15 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | — | 53 |
| Red Lion Street | 14 | 9 | 3 | 34 | |||
| 233 | 410 | 395 | 181 | 25 | 1,066 | ||