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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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| Number of persons in family. | Number of Rooms occupied. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | ||
| 2 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | |||||
| 2 | ||||||
General Sanitary Condition of Tenements.
| Highway. | Condition. | Total. | ||
| Good. | Fair. | Poor. | ||
| Dane Street | l4 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| Devonshire Street | 67 | 135 | 13 | 215 |
| Eagle Street | — | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| East Street | 56 | 121 | 10 | 187 |
| Fisher Street | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Harpnr Mews | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Lamb's Conduit Passage | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| New North Street | 27 | 59 | 6 | 92 |
| Old Gloucester Street | 70 | 193 | 22 | 285 |
| Old North Street | 14 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| Ormond Yard | 6 | 60 | 5 | 71 |
| Princeton Street | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Red Lion Passage | 15 | 38 | — | 53 |
| Red Lion Street | 11 | 20 | 3 | 34 |
| 290 | 683 | 93 | 1,066 | |
For the purposes of the survey, the general sanitary condition of the tenements has been
classified into three categories as shown in the above table, viz. : —
Good, i.e., structure sound, holding generally clean and in reasonable state of repair.
Fair, i.e., generally old houses, structure somewhat worn, but still reasonably fit.
Poor, i.e., structure old and worn, holding generally in unsatisfactory condition by reason
of state of repair or tenant's failure to keep holding in clean and good condition.