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Chelsea 1907
Annual report for 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section III.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Sir Thomas More Buildings.
The income from, and expenditure upon the Buildings for the year ended the 31st March, 1907, are as under:—
| Expenditure. | Income. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| General Charges | 1,424 | 12 | Gross Rents | 4,746 | 11 | 6 | |
| Interest on and Repayment of Loans | 3,513 | 6 | 7 | 79 | 12 | 0 | |
| £4,937 | 18 | 10 | 4,666 | 19 | 6 | ||
| Perambulator, &c., sheds | 22 | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Deficit Balance | 248 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| £4,937 | 18 | 10 | |||||
The amount received in rents was 9833 per cent. of the gross
rental, which is practically the same as the previous year. The empties
and bad debts amounted to £21 2s., or 0 44 per cent. of the gross rental,
as against 052 per cent. in the previous year. The general charges
amounted to £1,424 12s. 3d., or only 30 per cent. of the gross rental,
as compared with 31 per cent. in the previous year. The deficit on the
year's working was only £248 3s. Id., as compared with an estimated
deficit of £789.
The total sum expended on capital accounts, amounts to £67,402,
and the amount of loans outstanding amounts to £65,257.
The buddings have been fully occupied during the year, and the
demand for tenements is still greater than can be supplied. The
administration during the year has worked with smoothness and efficiency.
During the year 1907, 39 tenants voluntarily terminated their
tenancies, and 5 tenancies were terminated by the Committee by notice
to quit—total 44.
Vital Statistics.—During 1907, 30 births (14 boys and 16 girls)
were registered as occurring in the Buildings, which is equivalent to
a birth-rate of 35'4 per 1,000, the birth-rate of the Borough being 19 7
per 1,000. Six deaths of residents of the Buildings have occurred
during the year, equivalent to a death-rate of 7.l per 1,000, the deathrate
of the Borough being 15.0 per 1,000.