London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1900
Some notes on the housing question in Finsbury...
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Proportion of the total Population living more than
two in a room (in tenements of less than 5 rooms.
Phthisis Death Rates per thousand living.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
District with under 10 per cent, overcrowding 1.07 1.18 1.07 1.14 1.10 1.18
,, 10-15 „ „ 1.38 1.49 1.46 1.42 1.43 1.52
,, 15-20 „ „ 1.57 1.64 1.61 1.63 1.61 1.68
,, 20-25 ,, ,, 181 1.83 1.67 1.75 180 2.00
,, 25-30 ,, ,, 2.11 2.09 2.06 2.10 2.07 2.13
,, 30-35 „ „ 2.26 2.42 2.13 2.32 2.42 2.54
,, over 35 „ „ 2.26 2.66 2.55 2.64 2.63 2.68
[Including Finsbury].