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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
Islington 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1909]
ARTISANS AND OTHER DWELLINGS. There are 404 blocks of dwellings, containing 4,630 separate flats or tenements, in the Borough. These vary considerably in the class of persons occupying them, some of whom are only labourers while others are clerks, well paid mechanics, and middle class people. A list of these buildings has been prepared, as usual and is now presented.
| WARD. | Name of Dwellings. | Where situated. | No. of Blocks. | No. of separate Dwellings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | Wessex Buildings .. | Wedmore Street | 3 | 225 |
| „ | *Lincoln House | Dartmouth Park Hill | 1 | 6 |
| „ | *Suffolk House | „ „ | 1 | 6 |
| „ | *Durham House | „ „ | 1 | 3 |
| „ | *Carlisle House | „ „ | 1 | 6 |
| „ | *No. 46 and 48, Dartmouth Park Hill | „ „ | 2 | 12 |
| „ | *Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, Wyndham Mansions .. | Wyndham Crescent | 1 | 30 |
| „ | *Nos. 17, 18. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29, Cathcart Hill | Junction Road | 1 | 78 |
| „ | *Roydon Mansions | „ | 1 | 3 |
| „ | *Manor Mansions .. | Holloway Road | 2 | 10 |
| „ | *Hargrave Mansions | Hargrave Road | 10 | 60 |
| „ | *St. John's Park Mansions | Pemberton Gardens | 8 | 64 |
| „ | *Nos. 18 and 21, Pemberton Gardens | Holloway Road | 2 | 5 |
| „ | *Fulford Mansions.. | Fairmead Road | 2 | 14 |
| „ | *10, St. John's Park | Holloway Road | 1 | 3 |
| „ | *47, Hargrave Park | Junction Road | 1 | 3 |
| „ | *Nos. 49 to 67, Hargrave Park | „ „ | 10 | 30 |
| Upper Hollo way | *Albermarle Mansions | Holloway Road | 3 | 24 |
| .. | Whitehall Mansions | Archway Road | 1 | 30 |
| „ | Elthorne House | Elthorne Road | 1 | 6 |
| „ | *Elthorne Mansions | „ „ | 1 | 12 |
| *Nos. 34, 36, 38, 40, and 42, Dresden Road | Dresden Road | 5 | 15 | |
| „ | *Nos. 27, 29, and 31, Chever-ton Road | Cheverton Road | 3 | 9 |
| „ | Nos. 221 to 259, Hornsey Road | Hornsey Road | 38 | 114 |
| „ | Nos. 209 to 283, Hornsey Road | „ „ | 8 | 16 |
| „ | *473, Hornsey Road | „ „ | 1 | 3 |
| Tollington | Nos. 83 and 85, Alsen Road | „ „ | 2 | 8 |
| „ | *Turle Mansions | Wray Crescent | 1 | 11 |
| „ | *St. Mark's Mansions | Tollington Park | 4 | 16 |
| „ | *Tollington Park, Nos. 14, 16,20,22,24,26,28 and 30 | „ „ | 8 | 16 |
| „ | *Albert Mansions .. | Crouch Hill | 1 | 12 |
| „ | *Brambledown Mansions.. | „ | 1 | 12 |
| „ | *Hanley House | Hanley Road | 1 | 9 |
| „ | *Grenville Road, Nos. 28, 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38 .. | Hornsey Road | 6 | 12 |
| Lower Holloway | Queen's Arms Buildings .. | North Road | 1 | 63 |
| „ | City Arms Buildings | North Road | 1 | 63 |
* These flat tenements are occupied by people other than the working classes.