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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
London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Housing of the Working Classes—Statistics.
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D.—Accommodation Provided in the Council's Dwellings, and the Gross Rent per annum
on 31st March, 1892, and each subsequent Year.
| Year. | Tenements. | Rooms. | Cubicles. | Persons provided for. | Gross annual rent. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||||
| 1892 | 56 | 87 | - | 174 | 629 | 4 | — |
| 1893 | 56 | 87 | 324 | 498 | 3,577 | 12 | -- |
| 1894 | 56 | 87 | 324 | 498 | 3,577 | 12 | - |
| 1895 | 358 | 871 | 324 | 2,066 | 8,119 | 11 | 8 |
| 1896 | 602 | 1,485 | 324 | 3,294 | 12,910 | 1 | 8 |
| 1897 | 984 | 2,603 | 324 | 5,530 | 22,020 | 9 | 8 |
| 1898 | 1,263 | 3,261 | 324 | 6,846 | 27,943 | 5 | 8 |
| 1899 | 1,355 | 3,525 | 321 | 7,374 | 30,062 | 5 | 8 |
| 1900 | 1,523 | 3,966 | 324 | 8,256 | 33,832 | 5 | 8 |
| 1901 | 2,346 | 5,936 | 324 | 12,196 | 51,241 | 17 | 8 |
| 1902 | 2,951 | 7,368 | 324 | 15,060 | 62, 80 | 8 | 8 |
| 1903 | 3,881 | 9,552 | 324 | 19,428 | 81,087 | 19 | 8 |
| 1901 | 4,666 | 11,661 | 1,147 | 24,469 | 103,090 | 10 | 2 |
| 1905 | 5,929 | 15,098 | 1,147 | 31,343 | 129,129 | 12 | 6 |
| 1906 | 6,326 | 16,352 | 1,147 | 33,853 | 136,315 | 7 | 6 |
| 1907 | 7,474 | 19,879 | 1,845 | 41,648 | 166,949 | 10 | 10 |
| 1908 | 7,880 | 21,085 | 1,845 | 44,060 | 177,487 | 14 | 7 |
| 1909 | 8,196 | 22,210 | 1,845 | 46,310 | 186,096 | 13 | 7 |
| 1910 | 8,539 | 23,578 | 1,846 | 49,003 | 194,019 | 15 | - |
| 1911 | 8,947 | 25,006 | 1,849 | 51,856 | 207,340 | 17 | 4 |
| 1912 | 9,272 | 26,291 | 1,856 | 54,141 | 213,589 | 16 | 2 |
E—Number of Persons Rehoused by the Council after being Displaced by Improvement
or Clearance Schemes.
| Dwellings. | Metropolitan Borough. | Number of displaced persons re-housed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 31st March, 1911. | During year 1911-12. | Total. | ||
| Ann-street-dwellings | Poplar | 25 | Nil. | 25 |
| Bekesbourne-buildings | Stepney | 37 | 37 | |
| Boundary-street estate | Bethnal-green | 45 | 45 | |
| Borough-road-dwellings | Southwark | 50 | 50 | |
| Bourne estate | Holborn | 222 | 222 | |
| Brightlingsea-buildings | Stepney | 4 | 4 | |
| Brook-street-d wellings | Stepney | 9 | 9 | |
| Duke's-court-dwellings | Westminster | 516 | 516 | |
| Green-street and Boyfield-street (late Gun-street) dwellings | Southwark | 13 | 13 | |
| Herbrand-street-dwellings | Holborn | 91 | 91 | |
| Millbank estate | Westminster | 174 | 174 | |
| Preston's-road-dwellings | Poplar | 8 | 8 | |
| Swan-lane-dwellings | Bermondsey | 186 | 186 | |
| Russell-court-dwellings | Westminster | 323 | 323 | |
| Webber-row estate | Southwark | 12 | 12 | |
| Wenlake-bu'ldings | Finsburv | 41 | 41 | |
| Totals | 1,756 | 1,756 | ||