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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
Whitechapel 1893
The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1893 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the tenth annual report
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not registered. I trust the time will soon arrive when all places
set apart for the lodging of the very poor will be benefitted by
the official inspections, to which the registered houses have long
been subjected. So far as overcrowding went, I was able in two
of these shelters to effect a considerable reduction in the number
of beds provided.
REGISTERED COMMON LODGING HOUSES, 1893.
| Name of Street. | No. of Houses registered. | Deaths in Infirmary and elsewhere of Lodgers. |
|---|---|---|
| Brick lane | 7 | 10 |
| Brushfield street | 1 | ... |
| Buckle street | 1 | 2 |
| Bull court, Whitechapel | 4 | ... |
| Commercial street | 2 | 15 |
| Dorset street | 14 | 30 |
| Flower and Dean street | 4 | 17 |
| Garden court | 1 | |
| George street | 5 | 4 |
| George yard | 2 | ... |
| Grace's alley | 2 | ... |
| Great Garden street | 2 | 1 |
| Great Pearl street | 1 | 4 |
| Gun street | 6 | 13 |
| Hanbury street | 5 | ... |
| Heneage street | 1 | 14 |
| Lambeth street | 1 | 1 |
| Leman street | 5 | 10 |
| Little Pearl street | 1 | 3 |
| Osborn place | 6 | 23 |
| Osborn street | 1 | |
| Paternoster row | 3 | 10 |
| Princes street | 1 | 10 |
| Queen Street. Mile End New Town | 1 | ... |
| Tenter street North | 1 | ... |
| Thrawl street | 4 | 5 |
| Upper East Smithfield | 2 | 8 |
| Well street | 2 | 2 |
| Wellclose square | 1 | ... |
| Wentworth street | 5 | 11 |
| Wheeler street | 1 | ... |
| Whitechapel road | 2 | 19 |
| White's row | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 98 | 215 |