Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Street or Buildings
No. of
houses or
occupancies
inspected.
No. of
houses in
which defects
were found
Percentage of
houses with defects
to house
inspected
No. of families living in
One
room.
Two
rooms
Three
rooms
Four
rooms
& over.
Helmet Row 5 5 100.0 1 5 6 3
Ironmonger Row 9 8 88.8 13 16 6 —
Ironmonger Street 8 8 100.0 7 11 6 2
Lizard Street 17 15 88.2 35 26 5 —
Radnor Street 12 11 91.6 22 26 3 —
Waterloo Street 19 17 89.5 44 34 2 —
Allen Street 9 9 100 6 4 5 2
Northampton Street 45 12 26.6 36 38 19 8
Coldbath Buildings — 10 — — — — —
St. Paul's Buildings 72 21 29.16 — 24 48 —
Victoria Dwellings 139 44 31.6 7 63 69 —
Little Sutton Street 50 50 100 9 39 1 —
Buildings
Dundee Buildings 25 9 36 — 25 — —
Smithfield Buildings 20 10 50 — 20 — —
Hewetts Buildings 13 5 38.4 11 2 — —
Penny Bank Chambers 16 3 18.75 — 8 8 —
Salisbury Buildings 6 3 50 — 6 — —
Corporation Buildings 143 25 17.4 — 70 73 —
Coldbath Buildings 94 10 10.6 12 42 34 6
Richard Street 22 16 72.7 20 23 14 7
Henry Street Buildings 12 8 66.6 — — 12 —
Cumming Street 15 10 66.6 9 12 9 9
Collier Street 47 37 78.7 23 42 13 12
Jays Buildings 8 1 12.5 — 8 — —
White Lion Buildings 9 9 100.0 — 4 5 — I