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 London, City of ]
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Particulars relating to the registered Lodging-houses in the City now on the Register are given in the accompanying table:—
District. | Number of Houses on Register. | Number of Lodgers. | Number of Tenements. | Average Number of persons per Tenement. | Cleansing Notices Served. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
West | 38 | 307 | 124 | 2.4 | 54 |
Middle | — | — | — | — | — |
East | 17 | 114 | 67 | 1.7 | 21 |
Total | 55 | 421 | 191 | 2.2 | 75 |
These houses are periodically inspected, and in April of each year the owners or tenants
are called upon to carry out a thorough cleansing of them, in accordance with the provisions
of the Bye-laws. This necessitated the service of 75 notices during 1930.
In addition to the foregoing, there are twelve blocks of Dwellings let out in tenements, but not placed on the Register for the reason that each holding is "self-contained," it having been decided in a Court of Law that in these circumstances they are not subject to the Byelaws for houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family:—
Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | One Room. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two Rooms. | Three Rooms. | Four Rooms. | Five Rooms or over. | |||
WEST DISTRICT. | ||||||
Albion Buildings, No. 21, Bartholomew Close | .... | 10 | .... | .... | .... | 21 |
Albion Buildings, No. 22, Bartholomew Close | .... | 10 | .... | .... | .... | 15 |
Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Close | 16 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 38 |
Dean Street Blocks, Fetter Lane— | ||||||
Block A | .... | 6 | .... | .... | .... | 14 |
„ B | 2 | 4 | .... | .... | .... | 11 |
„ C | 3 | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 11 |
„ D | 6 | 1 | .... | l | .... | 21 |
„ E | 7 | 1 | l | .... | .... | 15 |
„ F | 4 | 4 | .... | .... | .... | 16 |
St. Ann's Chambers, Ludgate Hill | 5 | 14 | .... | l | .... | 27 |
Bloomfield House, Snow Hill | 17 | .... | 2 | .... | 44 | |
Total (Six "Blocks") | 43 | 72 | l | 4 | .... | 233 |
MIDDLE DISTRICT. | ||||||
Bridgewater House, Fann Street | .... | 9 | .... | .... | l | 14 |
City Buildings, Moor Lane | 1 | 21 | 11 | .... | .... | 78 |
Total (Two "Blocks") | 1 | 30 | 11 | .... | l | 92 |
EAST DISTRICT. | ||||||
Harrow Place and Stoney Lane— | ||||||
North Block | .... | 52 | 8 | .... | .... | 174 |
South ,, | 5 | 22 | 13 | .... | .... | 121 |
Prince's „ | 5 | 50 | .... | .... | .... | 138 |
Queen's „ | 5 | 40 | 5 | .... | .... | 129 |
King's „ | 8 | 18 | 16 | .... | .... | 112 |
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate | 5 | 4 | 3 | .... | .... | 30 |
Bearsted House, Hutchison Street | .... | .... | 8 | 16 | .... | 103 |
Dutton House, New Street | .... | .... | 13 | 2 | l | 68 |
Total (Four "Blocks") | 28 | 186 | 66 | 18 | l | 875 |
These twelve blocks contain 462 tenements, and are inhabited by 1,200 persons—an
average of 2.5 persons to each tenement.