Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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List I .— con. Buildings constructed in separate and severed dwellings— continued.
l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Remarks. | |||||||
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Division and Sub-Division. | Name and Situation, and Number of Houses. | Name and Address of Owner, | When opened. | Total Number of Rooms. | Dwellings of | Total Number of Dwellings. | Street Door or Gate, when shut, and by whom. | Common Stair. | Inter-Communication of Rooms in Dwellings Is this Independent of the Common Stair'? | How many Dwellings use each appurtenance. | Weekly Rental. Minimum and Maximum. | ||||||||
1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | 5 Rooms. | Outside or Inside. | Open or Enclos'd | w.c. | Scullery. | Wash-house. | ||||||||||
W 3. | Mornington Buildings, Mornington Road | London and Northwestern Railway Co. | 1901 | 232 | ... | ... | 8 | 52 | ... | 60 | Street door. Closed by tenants | Inside | Enclosed | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9/9 to 11/9 | — |
w3. | Stallbfidge House, 231 and 233, Hamp-stead Road | Ditto | 1908 | 50 | ... | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | 20 | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9/6 to 13/- | — |
W.5 | Hampsteap House, William Street (1 house) | Mr. H. Hooke, 93. Hampstead Road | 1897 | 35 | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | 10 | Street door. Shut at night by caretaker | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12/-to 16/- | Caretaker on premises. |
S.l | Derby Buildings, Britannia Street and Wicklow Street (4 staircases) | Improved Industrial Dwellings Co., 33, Finsbury Square | 1867 | 494 | ... | ... | 70 | 71 | ... | 141 | No street doors | Outside | ... | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5/9 to 91- | Notice up as to trespassers. Superintendent lives at No. 28. |
S.l | Stanley House, St. Chad's Place, (1 house) | Mr. L.H. Ball, 221, Goswell Road | 1889 | 32 | ... | 13 | 2 | ... | ... | 15 | Street door. Lock con-stantly broken by tenants | Inside | Enclosed | Ditto | 3 | Tap and sink in kitchen | All (one on each floor) | 5/-to 7/- | Scullery consists of a tap and sink in kitchen and living room. Caretaker resides in No. 2. |
S.l | Garfield House, 5, Leeke Street (1 house) | Messrs. Foster, 79, to 82, Fore Street | 1887 | 16 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | Street door. Closed by tenants | Inside | Enclosed | Not severed. Every room opens on to landings of staircase | All | All | All | 3/6 to 6/6 | A combined scullery and washhouse with a sink and copper on first floor. Three w.c.'s for general use on the secondfloor. No resident caretaker. |
S.l | Whidborne Buildings, Whidborne Street (4 staircases) | East End Dwellings Co., 24, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn; Superintendent, Midhope Buildings, Mid-hope Street, St Pancras | 1892-3 | 254 | 55 | 56 | 29 | ... | ... | 140 | Street gate of courtyard always open | Outside | ... | Independent | 2 to 4 | 4 to 8 | All | 2/9 to 9/- | Sculleries consist ofsinks and taps on balconies. Washhouses in a separate building. |