London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1913
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913
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Average Number of Occupants per Room in Tenements of various sizes, &c.
| Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs. | Average Number of Occupants per Room, in Tenements consisting of:— | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | Rooms. | 6 Rooms. | Rooms. | 8 Rooms | 9 Rooms. | 1 to 9 Rooms. | |
| London (Administrative County) | 192 | 1.71 | 1.37 | 1.19 | 1.03 | 0.87 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 1.14 |
| Metropolitan Boroughs: — | ||||||||||
| Battersea | 1.76 | 1.60 | 1.30 | 1.18 | 1.01 | 0.88 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 1.09 |
| Bermondsey | 2.05 | 1.75 | 1.49 | 1.36 | 1.20 | 1.03 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.67 | 1.37 |
| Bethnal Green | 2.20 | 1.94 | 1.63 | 1.46 | l.25 | 1.05 | 0.85 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 1.55 |
| Camberwell | 1.80 | 1.62 | 1.34 | 1.20 | 1.07 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 1.08 |
| Chelsea | 1.63 | 1.55 | 1.30 | 1.04 | 0.90 | 0.76 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 1.04 |
| Deptford | 1.94 | 1.59 | 1.29 | 1.18 | 1.07 | 0.89 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 1.07 |
| Finsbury | 2.15 | 2.03 | 1.69 | 1.37 | 1.11 | 0.99 | 0.90 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 1.62 |
| Fulham | 1.89 | 1.63 | 1.30 | 1.14 | 0.96 | 0.8.3 | 0.73 | 0.65 | 0.57 | 1.09 |
| GREENWICH | 1.66 | 1.50 | 1.38 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 1.05 |
| Hackney | 1.75 | 1.52 | 1.30 | 1.19 | 1.08 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 1.08 |
| Hammersmith | 1.76 | 1.62 | 1.31 | 1.11 | 0.97 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 1.06 |
| Hampstead | 1.60 | 1.49 | 1.24 | 1.01 | 0.83 | 0.69 | 061 | 0.63 | 0 57 | 0.86 |
| Holborn | 2.06 | 1.66 | 1.33 | 1.07 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 1.29 |
| Islington | 1.92 | 1.72 | 1.35 | 1.21 | 1.04 | 0.90 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 1.21 |
| Kensington | 1.96 | 1.79 | 1.35 | 1.11. | 0 90 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 1.04 |
| Lambeth | 1.79 | 1.58 | 1.27 | 1.15 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 1.06 |
| Lewisham | 1.47 | 1.31 | 1.17 | 1.02 | 090 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.83 |
| Paddington | 1.79 | 1.69 | 1.28 | 1.05 | 090 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 110 |
| Poplar | 1.93 | 1.68 | 1.45 | 1.35 | 1.21 | 1.0.2 | 0.84 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 1.33 |
| St. Marylebone | 1.83 | 1.69 | 1.32 | 1.06 | 0.84 | 0.71 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 1.14 |
| St. Paneras | 1.96 | 1.80 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 1.07 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 1.32 |
| Shoreditcli | 2.26 | 2.02 | 1.69 | 1.46 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.68 | 1.61 |
| Southwark | 1.97 | 1.79 | 1.49 | 1.33 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 0.90 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 1.42 |
| Stepney | 2.29 | 207 | 1.71 | 1.45 | 1.26 | 1.08 | 0.94 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 1.56 |
| Stoke Newiugton | 1.56 | 1.51 | 1.19 | 1.07 | 0.97 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.95 |
| Wandsworth | 1.57 | 1.37 | 1.25 | 1.06 | 0.94 | 0.80 . | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.56 | 0.89 |
| Westminster, City of | 1.64 | 1.42 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 0.87 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 1.06 |
| Woolwich | 1.67 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 1.10 | 098 | 0.84 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.98 |
| City of London | 1.72 | 1.48 | 1.12 | 0.95 | 093 | 0.94 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 1.07 |