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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
St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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housed on the three sites scheduled in the Order is 842 persons. The position
with regard to the three sites is as follows :—
(a) Great College Street Site—On this additional vacant site included in
the Order of the Local Government Board for the purpose of housing
part of the persons displaced from the Brantome Place and Prospect
Terrace areas, Goldington Buildings were erected and opened in 1904,
and are fully occupied. These buildings were described under the
head ôf (f) Working Class Flats in the Annual Report for 1905, n.
108, and accommodate 332 persons, or 10 more than required on this
site by the Order of the Local Government Board.
(b) Brantome Place Area.— In continuation of the course of events recorded
in the Report for 1907, on 8th July, 1908, the Borough Council resolved that
the buildings being erected on the Brantome Place and North Crescent Mews
site should be named Flaxman Terrace. On the 29th July the Borough
Council fixed the rentals as shown in this table:—
Brantome Place Buildings (Flaxman Terrace). Rooms in Tenements.
| Floor. | Two. | Three. | Total number of Tenements. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground First | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| Second Third | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| Fourth Fifth | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| Total | 36 | 48 | 84 |
Rentals.
| Floor. | Rent of each of two-room Tenements. | Rent of each of three-room Tenements. |
|---|---|---|
| Ground First | 8s. 6d. | 11s. 6d. |
| Second Third | 7s. 6d. | 10s. 6d. |
| Fourth Fifth | 6s. 6d. | 9s. 6d. |
Weekly Rental.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Two-room tenements | 13 | 10 | 0 |
| Three-room tenements | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| £38 | 14 | 0 |