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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 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898
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80
TENEMENT HOUSES.
The Register of houses let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than one family
referred to in my last Annual Report, has now
been completed throughout the City.
The following is a summary:—
| District. | No. of Houses on Register. | No. of Lodgers. | No. of Tenements. | Average No. of Persons per Tenement. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | 212 | 1,917 | 802 | 2.39 | |
| Middle | 86 | 660 | 235 | 2.81 | |
| East | 189 | 1,498 | 621 | 2.40 | |
| Total | 487 | 4,070 | 1,658 | 2.45 | |
A list of these places was compiled from
information obtained by your Inspectors in
response to the 648 Notices sent by them to
the various owners during the previous year.
Your own five blocks of Artizans' Dwellings in
Stoney Lane are not included in the above figures,