Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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That 390 three-room tenements are overcrowded. That
is to say, that each tenement contains on an
average more than 6 persons. And
That 151 four-room tenements are overcrowded. That
is to say, that each tenement contains on an
average more than 8 persons.
In Lower Holloway.—That 436 one-room tenements are similarly overcrowded.
That 825 two-room „ „ „
That 354 three-room „ „ „
That 119 four-room „ „ „
In Bamsbury.—That 939 one-room tenements are similarly overcrowded.
That 1,216 two-room „ „ „
That 299 three-room „ „ „
That 104 four-room „ ,, „
In Islington South—That 850 cne-room tenements are similarly
East. crowded.
That 1086 two-room „ „ „
That 483 three-room „ „ „
That 174 four-room „ „ „
In Highbury.—That 333 one-room tenements are similarly overcrowded.
That 361 two-room „ „ „
That 149 three-room „ „ „
That 95 four-room „ „ „
With respect to the number of persons living in these overcrowded
tenements in the various sub-districts I find that
In Upper Holloway.—2,591 persons resided in overcrowded 1-room tenements.
5,662 „ „ „ 2-room „
3,023 „ „ 3-room „
1,466 „ „ „ 4-room
Total 12,742 „ „ „ 1 to 4-room „