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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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Three of the above tenements were overcrowded. The family occupying the ground floor back room had another daughter 10 years who slept with friends elsewhere.
| Floor. | Room. | Cubic Space | Occupied at night by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basement | Front | 1,274 c. ft. | Father, mother, boy 13, girl 10 years. |
| Basement | Back | 701 c. ft. | Girls 20, 9, boy 17 years. |
| Ground | Front | 1,178 c. ft. | Father, mother, twins 8 months. |
| Ground | Back | 948 c. ft. | Girls 5, 2 years. |
| First | Front | 1,602 c. ft. | Father, mother, boy 6 years. |
| First | Back | 918 c. ft. | Girl 19, boy 8 years |
| Second | Front | 1,187 c. ft. | Father, mother, girl 4 years. |
| Second | Back | 680 c. ft. | Boy 13, girl 12 years. |
| Third | Front | 1,050 c. ft, | Grandmother, mother. |
| Third | Back | 595 c. ft. | Girl 11, boys 5. 2 years. |
One of the above tenements was overcrowded. In the first
floor back room, when the occupants got up in the morning, the
bed was taken by a son of 21 years, who worked at night and slept
home in the day time.
The above two houses accommodated 66 people, equal to the
population of an English hamlet.
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1903.—
No application for certificates were received in 1912.
Verminous Houses.—When school children are found to be
verminous in school by the London County Council medical