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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 London 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: No. IX.—Summary of the Sanitary Work done in each of the City Districts during the Year.

No. IX.—Summary of the Sanitary Work done in each of the City Districts during the Year.

Inspectors.City Districts.No. of Houses in Districts.Houses Inspected.Orders Issued.Number of Rooms Measured, & Number of Occupants.
Rooms.Men.Women.Children.Total Occupants.Families.Rooms overcrowded
William TernouthNorth-west1472996238738804591844223975031
John PainterSouth-west10378713169686277511357273578414
John Thomas HopkinsonNorth-middle13891089582639465548930194352314
George MortimerSouth-middle26223211066034838772914644003
James WilliamsNorth-east1758144349411118069811661344893257
William SantlerSouth-east73666339160236341966614483966
Totals....66545294 213147183413 36776187 13277378512b*

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* These 125 Rooms were occupied by 624 persons, viz.:—187 Men, 244 Women, and 193 Children; and the Rental was from Is. 3d.
to 3s. 6d. per Week, per Room.
Total Number of Houses Inspected, 5,294. Total Number of Sanitary Orders, 2,131.