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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

Islington 1893

Thirty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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In examining Table VII. it will at once strike even the casual
observer that not only Islington, but London, compare very unfavourably
with the Urban and Rural Districts in the proportionate number
of large tenements; for whereas in the Rural Districts 51.34 per cent.,
and in the Urban Districts 46.27 per cent. of the tenements contain
five or more rooms, in Islington it reaches only 32.10 per cent., and in
London 32.74 per cent.

Table: Table VII. Showing the relative proportion per cent. of Tenements of 1, 2, 3 and 4 rooms to the total number of tenements.

Table VII. Showing the relative proportion per cent. of Tenements of 1, 2, 3 and 4 rooms to the total number of tenements.

No. of Rooms in Tenements.13345 or more Rooms.
Islington17.6923.0116.2511.0532.10
London18.4020.2316.3412.2932.74
Urban Districts6.1612.5912.6022.3846.27
Rural Districts0.968.3011.7027.7051.34

Table: Table VIII. Showing the average number of persons living in overcrowded tenements (under five rooms) per tenement and per room.

Table VIII. Showing the average number of persons living in overcrowded tenements (under five rooms) per tenement and per room.

Districts.l-roomed Tenements.2-roomed Tenements.3-roomed Tenements.4-roomed Tenements.
Per Tenement.Per Room.PerTenement.Per Room.PerTenement.Per Room.PerTenement.Per Room.
Islington3.713.714.472.237.852.619.672.41
London3.793.796.013.007.852.619.692.42
Urban3.853.856.083.047.922.649.682.42
Rural4.364.366.163.087.952.659.672.42