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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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| Street. | No. of tenements. | Unven-tilated cupboard. | Ventilated cupboard. | Safe. | Shelf. | Dresser. | *Othor. | None. | Holding used for sleeping only. | No in-formation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Street | 26 | 10 | - | 6 | 2 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Devonshire Street | 215 | 90 | — | 14 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 10 |
| Eagle Street | 27 | 14 | _ | 1 | 4 | _ | _ | 8 | — | — |
| East Street | 187 | 85 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 44 | — | — |
| Fisher Street | 5 | 2 | — | _ | — | _ | — | 1 | ||
| Harpur Mews | 3 | 2 | — | _ | _ | _. | — | — | — | |
| Lamb's Conduit Passage | 19 | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | ||
| New North Street | 92, | 49 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 16 | — | — |
| Old Gloucester Street | 285 | 101 | — | 32 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 71 | 21 | — |
| Old North Street | 36 | 12 | _ | _ | 5 | 6 | 11 | —: | ||
| Ormond Yard | 71 | 34 | — | 2 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| Princeton Street | 13 | 3 | — | - | - | _ | _ | 10 | — | — |
| Red Lion Passage | 53 | 19 | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | |||
| Red Lion Street | 34 | 15 | — | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 | — | - |
| 1,066 | 412 | 91 | 93 | 99 | 37 | 246 | 38 | 13 |
* e.g., drawer, sideboard, boxes, earthenware pan.
It will be seen from the above that the facilities for the storage of food were
most unsatisfactory. In 246 (or 23 per cent.) no food storage accommodation was
provided, whilst in 442 tenements (over 41 per cent), the only accommodation was
unventilated cupboards. The absence of suitable storage accommodation for food
is one of the commonest insanitary faults resulting from the letting for tenement
purposes of houses not built for such occupation.
| No. of tene-ments. | Laundry work. | Personal washing-. | No infor-mation. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washhouse available. | Bowl in room. | Bowl at sink. | Bath. | |||
| Dane Street | 26 | 21 | 11 | 11 | - | 4 |
| Devonshire Street | 215 | 142 | 193 | 10 | 3 | 9 |
| Eagle Street | 27 | 6 | 27 | — | — | — |
| East Street | 187 | 154 | 162 | 7 | — | 18 |
| Fisher Street | 5 | 3 | 5 | _ | — | — |
| Harpur Mews | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Lamb's Conduit Passage | 19 | 7 | 19 | _ | — | _ |
| New North Street | 92 | 65 | 86 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Old Gloucester Street | 285 | 193 | 238 | 38 | 9 | _ |
| OH North Street | 36 | 18 | 33 | 3 | — | _ |
| Ormond Yard | 71 | 43 | 56 | 15 | _ | _ |
| Princeton Street | 13 | — | 9 | _ | 4 | _ |
| Red Lion Passage | 53 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 6 | — |
| Red Lion Street | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | — |