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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
Chelsea 1919
Annual report for 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Housing Schemes.
In Vol. '25 of the London County Council Statistics for 1914-15, there
is a table giving particulars as to the Working Class Tenements erected
or acquired by Metropolitan Borough Councils, up to the end of the year,
1913. Presumably, owing to the war, nothing further has been done in
London up to date in the way of erecting or acquiring working class tenements.
This table shows that, in proportion to its population, Chelsea
had done more than twice as much as any other Borough (excluding the
City) in the way of the erection or acquisition of working class tenements.
Borough.
Number
Rooms.
Number of Rooms
per 10,000
of population.
1. Chelsea 1150 200
2. Battersea 1248 88
8. Camberwell 1722 72
4. Westminster 848 69
5. Bermondsey 490 46
6. Shoreditch 290 82
7. St. Pancras 558 30
8. Hampstead 124 16
9. Kensington 245 16
10. Marylebone 94 10
11. Deptford 96 9
12. Woolwich 100 8
18. Stepney 158 7
14. Hammersmith 84 7
The remaining 14 Metropolitan Boroughs had not erected or acquired
any Working Class Tenements up to the end of 1913.
The following table gives particulars of interest about the Industrial Dwellings in Chelsea.
| Total number of Rooms. | Average number of occupants per room. | Total Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated. | Self-contained. | Associated. | Self-contained. | Associated. | Self-contained. | |
| Borough Council Dwellings | 479 | 667 | 1.11 | 1.30 | 532 | 867 |
| Trust or Company Dwellings | 783 | 3001 | 1.36 | 1.39 | 1066 | 4172 |
| Total | 1262 | 3668 | 1.27 | 1.88 | 1598 | 5039 |
| 4930 | 1.35 | 6637 | ||||
Associated Tenements are those which have a W.C. and washhouse
common to more than one tenement, and self-contained tenements have
each their own W.C. and scullery.
The total population dwelling in Block Industrial Dwellings in Chelsea
is 6.637, equal to 10.1 per cent. of the population of the Borough, and
possibly to '25 per cent. of the working class population.