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City of London 1900

Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900

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TABLE III.

TABLE III

Number of Tenements of less than FIVE Rooms, and percentage thereof overcrowded.—Census 1891.

Registration Districts or Areas.All Classes of Tenements.Tenements of—Rooms.
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Total Number.Percentage overcrowded.Number.Percentage over crowded.Number.Percentage overcrowded.Number.Percentage overcrowded.Number.Percentage overcrowded.
London R.D.937,60615.5172,50232.8189,70728.9153,18916.0115,1718.2
Central Districts R.D.57,87526.317,70439.116,40137.08,46122.03,83810.4
City of London S.A.8,11115.71,79330.71,84628.31,22413.96967.8

R.D.—Registration Division or District. S.A.—Sanitary Area.

The proportion living in tenements of—

Four rooms or less.More than four rooms.
London2,333,1521,878,591
Central Districts168,29279,246
City18,66218,825