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
St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| No. of houses with 1 floor or storey | 68† |
| „ „ „ „ 2 floors „ storeys | 220 |
| „ „ „ „ 3 „ | 370 |
| „ „ „ „ 4 „ | 525 |
| „ „ „ „ 5 „ | 345 |
| „ ,, ,, „ more than 5 floors or storeys | 8 |
| Average number of floors or storeys per house | 3.5 |
| No. of houses occupied by 1 family | 349 |
| „ „ „ „ 2 „ | 288 |
| „ „ „ „ 3 „ | 349 |
| „ „ „ „ 4 „ | 270 |
| „ „ „ „ 5 „ | 149 |
| „ „ „ „ 6 „ | 65 |
| „ „ „ „ 7 „ | 37 |
| „ ,, „ ,, „ more than 7 families | 40 |
| Total number of families | 4806 |
| Average ,, ,, ,, per house | 3.1 |
| No. of persons over 10 years of age | 11921 |
| „ „ „ under 10 „ „ „ | 5000 |
| Total number of persons | 16921 |
| Average number of persons over 10 per house | 7.7 |
| „ „ „ under 10 „ „ | 3.2 |
| „ „ „ all persons per house. . | 10.9 |
| Average number of persons over 10 per room | 1.0 |
| „ „ „ under 10 „ „ | 0.4 |
| „ „ „ all persons per room | 1.4 |
| No. of houses with 1 person or less per room | 409 |
| „ „ „ ,, more than land not more than 2 persons per room | 849 |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ 2 „ „ „ „ 3 „ „ „ | 274 |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ 3 persons per room | 15 |
| No. of houses with underground rooms 946 (or 62 per cent.) | |
| Total number of underground rooms | 1717 |
| No. of houses with empty rooms (not underground) | 239* |
| „ „ „ „ „ underground rooms | 113* |
| „ „ „ „ „ rooms (underground or otherwise) | 306* |
| No. of empty rooms (not underground) | 441* |
| „ „ „ underground rooms | 173* |
| No. of familes with one room at least used solely as a living room | |
| (i.e, not as a sleeping room) 1623 (or 34 per cent. of all families) | |
| No. of houses with drinking water from a cistern only | 158 |
| „ „ „ „ „ the main „ | 1197 |
| „ „ „ „ „ both main and cistern | 192 |
| No. of houses with no water-supply above ground floor | 1096 |
| „ „ „ „ a water-supply „ ,, ,, | 440 |
| No. of houses with Yards | 1324 |
| „ „ „ „ without yards | 212 |
f Not including 11, 2-roomed flats.
* Not including houses totally empty.