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
Finsbury 1923
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923
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Population living more than 2 persons to a room given
as the percentage of the total private family
population.
Percentages
1921
1911
Finsbury
34
39.8
Shoreditch
32
36.6
Stepney
29
34.9
Bethnal Green ...
27.8
33.2
South wark
23.5
25.8
Bermondsey
23.2
23.4
St. Pancras
22.4
25.5
Poplar
21.2
20.6
Holborn
19.8
25.6
Islington
19.4
20.0
St. Marylebone
17.9
20.7
Kensington
16.7
17.1
Paddington
15.4
16.2
Hammersmith
13.8
14.2
Greenwich
13.8
12.1
Chelsea
13.7
14.9
Fulham
13.1
14.6
Deptford
12.8
12.2
Camberwell
12.8
13.5
Lambeth
12.7
13.6
Battersea
12.4
13.3
Hackney
11.5
12.4
Westminster
10.1
12.9
Stoke Newington
8.1
8.8
Woolwich
7.8
6.3
Wandsworth
6.8
6.3
City of London
6.6
12.3
Hampstead
6.5
7.1
Lewisham
4.7
3.9