London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Finsbury 1905

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops

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The Insanitary Areas in Finsbury under the London County Council. (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. Part I.)

Area.Date of Represen-tation.Date of Inquiry.No. of Houses at time of Scheme.No. of Population at time of Scheme.No. of Dwelling Houses Closed in each year.Present position.
1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.Total No. Closed.No. of Houses still Standing.No. of Dwelling houses Closed orEmpty, but not demolished.No. of Houses Demolished.Approximate population now resident.Approximate population displaced from beginning of Scheme to the present time.
Aylesbury PlaceDec. 1897Mar., 1900† 735111321622860°62491165446
Garden RowJuly, 1899,,69407117237216969407
Roby Street,,,,502183073750218
Baltic Street,,,,553511316115453734197344
Honduras Street,,,,172171113173104113
Totals......26417041462634135214116861491761528

° Eight houses in this area were closed before 1900.
† The figures in this column include workshops and other houses which are not dwelling-houses.