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 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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The rental of these 530 vacant tenements were as follows:—
| Weekly rentals from 2/- to 3/- per tenement | 2 tenements | |||
| „ „ 3/- to 4/- „ | 33 „ | |||
| „ „ 4/- to 5/- „ | 54 „ | |||
| „ „ 5/- to 6/- ,, | 85 „ | |||
| „ „ 6/- to 7/- „ | 82 „ | |||
| „ „ 71- to 8/- „ | 102 „ | |||
| „ „ 8/- to 9/- „ | 63 „ | |||
| „ „ 9/- to 10/- „ | 29 „ | |||
| ,, ,, 10/-andupwards ,, | 44 „ | |||
| Unknown or unobtainable | 36 „ | |||
| 530 | ||||
If the number of rooms be reckoned without distinction as to
house or tenement, or rent, it will be seen that there was a total of
1,304 plus 980, or 2,284 empty habitable rooms in the Borough at
the date of counting, and for which the owners professed to desire
tenants. Viewing the matter broadly, and taking into consideration
the question of varying cubic capacity of rooms, it would
appear that in these vacant dwelling-houses and tenements there
must have been accommodation for not less than 5,000 persons
(including children). But it is difficult, even approximately, to
arrive at a correct estimate on that point.
It should not be forgotten that in addition to this available
accommodation for, approximately, 5,000 persons, there will shortly
be provided by the London County Council further accommodation,
as stated above, for 164 persons in St. John Street, in respect
of the Aylesbury Area, and for, approximately, 1,000 persons on,
or near, the Garden Row Area, in pursuance of the requirements
for re-housing under Part 1 of the Housing of the Working Classes
Act.