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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

City of London 1909

Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909

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Table: middle district.

middle district.

Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.
One Boom.Two Booms.Three Booms.Four Booms.Five, or more Booms.
Bridgewater House, Fann Street...12.........28
City Buildings, Moor Lane...2012......74
Total Two "Blocks"...3212......102

Table: east district.

east district.

Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.
One Boom.Two Booms.Three Booms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
Harrow Alley and Stoney Lane—
North Block...488......211
South „52213......175
Prince's „550.........162
Queen's ,,5405......167
King's „81616......163
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate Street Without12103......52
Total Two "Blocks"3518645......930

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These ten Blocks, containing 445 tenements, are inhabited by 1,409
persons = 3.16 persons to each tenement.