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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 1903

Report on the public health of 1903

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The present position of these areas and the recent changes in
them may be set out briefly under several sub-headings, and the
first will concern the houses on the areas :—

Table: (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.

(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.No. of Dwelling-houses, 1900.No. closed previous to Scheme.No. closed in 1900.No. closed in 1901.No. closed in 1902.No. closed in 1903.Total No. now closed.No. of Dwelling- houses now occupied.
Aylesbury Place73708132163040
Garden Row6969——117234128
Roby Street5037-——30737—
Baltic Street5552———13162923
Honduras Street1716---—1115
Totals2642448146263138106

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The closures have, it will be seen, taken place chiefly in 1902
and 1903. 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 1903.]
Aylesbury Place Area.—Aylesbury Place, 1 [28]; Aylesbury
Street, 6 [0] ; Bishop's Court, 9 [3]; Jerusalem Passage, 0 [6];
St. John's Square, 2 [0] ; Jerusalem Court, 12 [3].
Total closures—30.
Garden Row Area.—Garden Row, 14 [9]; Clarence Place, 11
[1] ; Clarence Street, 1 [3] ; Europia Place, 2 [6] ; Central
Street, 3 [4] ; Lever Street, 10 [5]. Total closures—41.
Roby Street Area.— Roby Street, 16 [0] ; Anchor Yard, 19
[0] ; Helmet Row, 2 [0] ; Richard's Place was entirely composed
of houses used as workshops, etc. Total closures—37.