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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
Finsbury 1912
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1912
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SYSTEMATIC HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION, 1912.
| Street, Place, or Buildings. | No. of houses inspected. | No. of houses in which defects were found. | Percentage of houses with defects to houses inspected. | Families occupying. | Number of rooms. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Occupied. | Empiy. | Over-crowded. | |||||
| Affleck Street | 38 | 21 | 55·2 | 151 | 418 | 354 | 64 | 1 |
| Albert Street | 33 | 13 | 39·3 | 105 | 243 | 230 | 13 | — |
| Albion Place | 16 | 11 | 68·7 | 47 | 108 | 103 | 5 | — |
| Allen Street | 13 | 4 | 30·7 | 29 | 68 | 66 | 2 | — |
| Amias Place | 21 | 12 | 57"1 | 57 | 124 | 116 | 8 | 35 |
| Anns Place | 9 | 9 | 100·0 | 9 | 18 | 18 | — | — |
| Arlington Street | 26 | 13 | 50'0 | 64 | 184 | 181 | 3 | — |
| Baird Street Buildings | 20 | 0 | — | 20 | 42 | 42 | — | — |
| Baltic Street | 8 | 3 | 37·5 | 34 | 48 | 43 | 5 | — |
| Baron Street | 24 | 14 | 58·3 | 62 | 187 | 149 | 38 | — |
| Bastwick Street | 36 | 33 | 91·6 | 113 | 232 | 202 | 30 | 2 |
| Bath Buildings | 8 | 2 | 25·0 | 19 | 44 | 42 | 2 | — |
| Bath Court | 4 | 1 | 25· 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Berkley Court | 13 | 10 | 76'9 | 45 | 78 | 76 | 2 | 1 |
| Brewer Street | 27 | 21 | 77'7 | 103 | 207 | 203 | 4 | 1 |
| Brunswick Close | 41 | 36 | 87· 8 | 74 | 185 | 183 | 2 | — |
| Busaco Street | 31 | 21 | 67·7 | 81 | 221 | 203 | 18 | 2 |
| Buxton Buildings | 25 | 13 | 52·0 | 25 | 56 | 56 | — | — |
| Buxton Street | 3 | 1 | 33·3 | 11 | 24 | 24 | — | — |
| Chadwell Street | 21 | 6 | 28·5 | 53 | 172 | 157 | 15 | — |
| Charter Buildiugs | 12 | 2 | 16·6 | 12 | 34 | 34 | — | — |
| Clarence Place | 3 | 2 | 66·6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| Clements Buildings | 37 | 6 | l6·2 | 37 | 73 | 73 | — | — |
| Cynthia Street | 14 | 11 | 78·5 | 27 | 78 | 76 | 2 | — |
| Dingley Place | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 20 | 18 | 2 | — |
| Fletchers Row | 13 | 9 | 69·2 | 31 | 62 | 62 | — | 2 |
| Fredericks Row | 4 | 4 | 100·0 | 8 | 16 | 16 | — | — |
| Gee Street | 70 | 54 | 77·1 | 188 | 389 | 368 | 21 | 5 |
| Glasshouse Chambers | 21 | 5 | 23·8 | 21 | 58 | 58 | — | — |
| Goswell Terrace | 23 | 19 | 82·6 | 70 | 173 | 169 | 4 | — |
| Granville Square | 10 | 9 | 90·0 | 39 | 103 | 100 | 3 | — |
| Hall Street | 33 | 15 | 45·4 | 73 | 238 | 226 | 12 | — |
| Hatfield Street | 21 | 8 | 38·0 | 78 | 116 | 111 | 5 | 19 |
| Hermes Street | 31 | 22 | 70·9 | 101 | 235 | 205 | 30 | 5 |
| Hermitage Buildings | 8 | 1 | 12·5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | — | — |
| Leage Street | 22 | 6 | 27·2 | 74 | 151 | 149 | 2 | — |
| Lever Buildings | 10 | 4 | 40·0 | 10 | 16 | 16 | — | — |
| Lewins Court | 8 | 3 | 37'5 | 16 | 38 | 38 | — | — |
| Little Northampton Street | 31 | 15 | 48·4 | 45 | 122 | 113 | 9 | — |
| L ittle Sutton Street | 14 | 9 | 64·3 | 48 | 82 | 74 | 8 | 2 |
| Ludlow Street | 12 | 4 | 33·3 | 14 | 29 | 29 | — | — |
| Macclesfield Street | 10 | 7 | 70·0 | 15 | 48 | 48 | — | — |
| Market Buildings | 15 | 3 | 20·0 | 15 | 16 | 16 | — | - |
| Mitchell Street | 4 | 2 | 50·0 | 12 | 30 | 30 | — | — |
| Murton Street | 8 | 4 | 50·0 | 22 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 3 |
| New Charles Street | 35 | 25 | 71·4 | 83 | 199 | 192 | 7 | — |
| Northampton Buildings | 55 | 4 | 7·3 | 55 | 139 | 139 | - | - |
| Northampton Street | 36 | 13 | 36·1 | 85 | 230 | 207 | 23 | — |
| Penton Residences | 23 | 8 | 34'7 | 23 | 68 | 68 | — | — |
| Rawstorne Buildings | 22 | 1 | 4'5 | 22 | 66 | 66 | — | — |
| Richmond Street | 11 | 4 | 36·3 | 23 | 41 | 41 | — | — |
| Roscoe Street Buildings | 54 | 3 | 5'5 | 54 | 143 | 143 | — | — |
| St. Bartholomews Buildings | 137 | 35 | 25· 5 | 164 | 334 | 328 | 6 | — |
| Salisbury Buildings | 6 | 3 | 50·0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Sekforde Street | 5 | 1 | 20·0 | 14 | 30 | 29 | 1 | — |
| Smithfield Buildings | 12 | 4 | 33·3 | 12 | 24 | 24 | — | — |
| Warren Street | 15 | 4 | 26·6 | 40 | 100 | 73 | 27 | — |
| White Lion Street | 70 | 38 | 54·2 | 184 | 472 | 437 | 35 | 3 |
| Totals | 1,336 | 611 | 45·6 | 2,844 | 6,744 | 6,333 | 411 | 81 |