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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 1902
Report on the public health of 1902
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anticipated that this might have been accomplished about the end
of 1902. It will probably take place early in 1903. Generally speaking,
very few of the condemned houses were empty at the end of
1901, and only one was formally closed.
C.— The Position and Life-history of the Areas
to December, 1902.
(i) Houses on the Areas.—The history of the matter as regards
houses may be set out in the following way:—
Dwelling-houses on the Five Areas.
| No. of Houses of all kinds at time of Scheme, 1900. | Mo. or Dwelling-houses, 1900. | No. closed previous to Scheme. | No. closed in1900. | closed in1901. | No. closed in1902. | Total No. now closed. | No. ot Dwelling-houses now occupied. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury Place | 73 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 56 | ||||
| Garden Row | 69 | 69 | — | — | 1 | 17 | 18 | 51 | ||||
| Roby Street | 50 | 37 | — | — | — | 30 | 30 | 7 | ||||
| Baltic Street | 55 | 52 | — | — | — | 13 | 13 | 39 | ||||
| Honduras Street | 17 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | ||||
| Totals | 264 | 244 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 75 | 169 | ||||
The closures have, it will be seen, taken place chiefly in 1902. As
regards distribution they are as follows : [In square brackets have
been placed the number of houses in each street or court occupied at
the end of 1902.]
Aylesbury Place Area.—Aylesbury Place, 1 [28] ; Aylesbury
Street, 0 [6] ; Bishop's Court, 1 [11]; Jerusalem Passage, 0 [6]; St.
John's Square, 1 [1]; Jerusalem Court, 11 [4].
Total closures—14.
Garden Row Area.—Garden Row, 1 [22] ; Clarence Place, 10
[2] ; Clarence Street, 0, [4] ; Europia Place, 1 [7] ; Central Street,
2 [5] ; Lever Street, 4 [11]. Total closures—18.
Roby Street Area.—Roby Street, 13 [3]; Anchor Yard, 17 [2];
Helmet Row, 0 [2]; Richard's Place is entirely composed of houses
used as workshops, etc. Total closures—30.