London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Summary of the Detailed Information given with regard to Working-Class Houses.
| District. | Working Class Population (estimated) | Industrial Dwellings. | Houses let in Tenements. | Cottages and Dwellings over | Combined Business Premises and Tenements. | Separate Dwellings Underground. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estates. | Tenements. | Houses. | Tenements. | Garages, &c. | Premises. | Tenements. | Legal. | Illegal. | ||
| No. 1—Strand, etc | 3,430 | 6 | 904 | 12 | 44 | 8 | 47 | 87 | 21 | 20 |
| „ 2—St. James's, etc. ........ | 2,453 | 2 | 385 | 43 | 249 | — | 122 | 200 | 55 | — |
| „ 3—Regent Street, etc | 3,870 | 6 | 261 | 19 | 137 | 6 | 342 | 828 | 14 | 3 |
| „ 4—Mayfair | 2,419 | 15 | 639 | — | — | 264 | 33 | 45 | — | — |
| „ 5—Knightsbridge | 2,594 | — | — | 78 | 258 | 542 | 69 | 138 | 5 | — |
| „ 6—Victoria, etc..... | 8,234 | 11 | 1,124 | 206 | 615 | 394 | 55 | 120 | 7 | 2 |
| „ 7—St. John's | 13,923 | 15 | 3,025 | 344 | 1,030 | 57 | 174 | 320 | 27 | 5 |
| „8 Pimlico | 17,759 | 1 | 69 | 1,478 | 5,460 | 93 | 112 | 190 | 31 | 3 |
| „9 | 14,543 | 1 | 526 | 1,250 | 4,200 | 146 | 200 | 376 | 25 | 3 |
| 69,225 | 57 | 6,933 | 3,430 | 11,993 | 1,510 | 1,154 | 2,304 | 185 | 36 | |
(Excluding those on the Grosvenor Improvement Area.)
There are many club and hotel servants, caretakers, etc., not included in the above totals.