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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
Walthamstow 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table makes clear the foregoing, and gives the probable
population in each Ward:—
TABLE III.
| Wards. | Possible No. of Houses fit for Occupation, 1907. | Plans passed, in 1908. | Greatest possible number Existing. | Empty, June, 1908 (Overseers' Lists). | Possible Occupied Midyear, 1908. | Occupied Education Returns. | Numbers probably occupied M.O.H.'s Estimate. | Proportion empty in 1908. | Proportion empty at Census, 1901. | Average number per House Census. | Popula-tion, 1908. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James Street | 4,296 | 4 | 4,300 | 332 | 3,963 | 4,100 | 3,964 | 1 in 13 | 1 in 21 | 6 | 23,784 |
| High Street | 3,457 | — | 3,457 | 175 | 3,282 | 3,703 | 3,300 | 1 in 19.8 | 1 in 24 | 6.3 | 20,790 |
| Hoe Street | 4,755 | 24 | 4,779 | 363 | 4,392 | 4,588 | 4,424 | 1 in 131 | 1 in 15 | 5.5 | 24,332 |
| Wood Street | 3,118 | — | 3,118 | 230 | 2,888 | 3,050 | 2,906 | 1 in 135 | 1 in 15 | 6 | 17,436 |
| Northern | 7,619 | 168 | 7,787 | 548 | 7,070 | 6,868 | 6,500 | 1 in 142 | I in 7 | 5.7 | 37,050 |
| Whole District | 23,245 | 196 | 23,441 | 1,649 | 21,595 | 22,309 | 21,094 | 1 in 14.2 | 1 in 13.8 | 5.9 | 123,392 (or 124,454, 5.9 persons to house). |
EDUCATION AUTHORITY'S FIGURES.
| Houses fir for Occupation. | Houses Empty. | Houses Occupied. | Houses in Course of Construction. | Population (at 5.9 per house) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,885 | 1,576 | 22,309 | 56 | 131,623 |
| Registrar-General's Estimate | 131,486 | |||