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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 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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It may be convenient briefly to summarize the findings of this
enquiry :—
Total number of vacant dwelling-houses 204
containing 1,304 rooms.
The annual rentals of these 204 vacant houses were as follows:—
| £ | |
| 10-20 per ann. | 22 |
| 20-30 | 15 |
| 30-40 „ | 39 |
| 40-50 „ | 33 |
| 50-60 „ | 41 |
| 60—70 ,, | 27 |
| 70-80 „ | 17 |
| 80-90 „ | 2 |
| 90-100 „ | 2 |
| 100 or upwards per ann. | 5 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Total | 204 |
Some 30 or more of these houses, situated on the St. Bartholomew's
Estate, had been emptied for repairs, nearing completion at the
time of enquiry, and this may appear to invalidate the return. On
the other hand it would be well nigh impossible to select any
period of the year when no such empties occurred. The time of
counting (October) may have been exceptional in this respect, but
there is no evidence of that at present. Probably vacancies for
repairs would not be less in the spring. Subsequently, it was
found that the occupation of many of the vacant houses on the St.
Bartholomew's Estate involved the emptying of other dwellings in
the vicinity.
In addition to the 204 vacant houses we counted 530 vacant tenements, containing 980 rooms, distributed as follows:—
| In addition to the 204 vacant houses we counted 530 vacant tenements, containing 980 rooms, distributed as follows:— | |||
| No. of vacant one-room tenements | 202 | total rooms | 202 |
| „ two-room „ | 227 | „ | 454 |
| „ three-room „ | 85 | „ | 255 |
| „ four-room „ | 14 | „ | 56 |
| ,, tenements of more than four rooms | 2 | „ | 13 |
| Total vacant tenements | 530 | total rooms | 980 |