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(c) In various parts of the Borough extensive improvement has
taken place in the repair and sanitation of houses.
(d) In the third place, regular work is being done in the reduction,
as far as known and as far as practicable, of any nuisances arising
by reason of overcrowding. The prevalence of overcrowding in
Finsbury was considered in some detail in the Housing Report
issued in 1901 by the Medical Officer (see pp. 57-67), and it will
therefore be unnecessary to enter into the facts there set forth.
During the year a large number of complaints of alleged "overcrowding"
have been made to the Department, and each of these
has received careful investigation. Most of them proved to be
unfounded or grossly exaggerated. In 54 cases, however, overcrowding
has been reduced. This figure does not include 67 other
cases of overcrowding abated in registered houses. Total 121.
(e) To the list of "Model Dwellings" appearing in my
Report for 1906, in pp. 182-183, must be added Chadworth
Buildings, in Lever Street, built in 1907, and accommodating
509 occupants, making the total number of "blocks" in model
dwellings in Finsbury 212, containing 4,251 tenements, and accommodating
17,133 persons, or nearly one-fifth of the total population
of the Borough.