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City of London 1915

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

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Table: EAST DISTRICT.

EAST DISTRICT.

Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabtants
One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five or more Rooms.
Harrow Alley and Stoney Lane—
North Block...488......217
South „52213......178
Prince's „550.........167
Queen's „5405......160
King's „81616......158
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate12103......60
Total3518645......940

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These Blocks of Dwellings, containing 436 tenements, are inhabited by
1,330 persons, an average of 3.1 persons to each tenement.
COMMON LODGING.HOUSE,
116, Middlesex Street.
These premises are now used as a Soldiers' Hostel.
NEGLECT TO COMPLY WITH WATER.CLOSET BYE.LAWS.
In accordance with the Bye.laws with respect to water.closets, &c., made under
Section 54 of the City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1900, every person who shall
intend to construct a water.closet, or to connect or disconnect any water.closet from
any soil pipe or drain, shall, at least seven days before the work is to be commenced,
deliver or send to the Corporation at the Guildhall, a plan showing the situation of
such water.closet, drawn to scale, together with a section showing the proposed mean;;
of ventilation.
Only two instances of disregard of this Bye.law have been reported.
DRAINAGE PLANS.
In the course of the year, 323 plans were submitted with regard to proposed
reconstruction of water.closets or drains in the City.
Of these, 285 were approved, 20 revised and approved, and 18 not approved.