Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922
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Definitions :—For definitions of "Private Family," "Structurally Separate Dwelling" and "Rooms" see note at the head of Table 3.
Cols. | Buildings | Population 1921 | e | Dw'ngs occupied by non-pvte families (excl'd from cols. g-p). | Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied by Private Families or Vacant. | Total Rooms. P | ||||||||
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in course of Erection a | completed | Vacant on Census night. | Occupied by Caretaker | 1—3 Rooms. k | 4—5 Rooms. I | 6—8 Rooms. m | 9 or more Rooms. n | Total Dwellings. o | ||||||
not containing Dwellings b | containing Dwellings c | (included in cols. k-p) | ||||||||||||
3 | – | 10,892 | 83,522 | I. Undivided Private Houses | 9 | 54 | 5 | 1,515 | 4,603 | 4424 | 341 | 10,883 | 55,683 | |
– | – | 3 | 22 | II. Structurally divided Private Houses | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | – | – | 8 | 26 | |
6 | – | 418 | 19,111 | III. Blocks of Flats, Tenements, etc. | – | 116 | – | 4,989 | 341 | 17 | – | 5,347 | 13,043 | |
– | 275 | 2,059 | 11,089 | IV. Shops | 2 | 41 | – | 528 | 1,044 | 458 | 27 | 2,057 | 9,308 | |
– | 959 | 225 | 3,494 | V. Others | 23 | 5 | – | 61 | 103 | 36 | 2 | 202 | 860 | |
9 | 1,234 | 13,597 | 117,238 | Total | 34 | 216 | 5 | 7,098 | 6,094 | 4,935 | 370 | 18,497 | 78,920 | |
Principal Buildings in Group V(Others) above— | Vacant on Census night | 141 | 60 | 15 | – | 216 | 660 | |||||||
– | 740 | 159 | 689 | Offices, Factories, | Dwellings occupied by 1 private family | 6,752 | 3,440 | 935 | 55 | 11,182 | 37,488 | |||
Warehouses, | „ „ 2 „ families | 186 | 2,204 | 2,758 | 54 | 5,.202 | 28,291 | |||||||
Workshops, | „ „ 3 or more private fmls. | 19 | 390 | 1,227 | 261 | 1,897 | 12,481 | |||||||
– | – | – | – | Hotels | Total Dwellings occupied by private No. families % | 6,957 | 6,034 | 4,920 | 370 | 18,281 | 78,260 | |||
– | 2 | 18 | 1,549 | Institutions. | 38 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 100 | – | ||||
– | 29 | 11 | 36 | Places of Worship | Total private families therein | 7,181 | 9,035 | 10,309 | 1071 | 27,596 | – | |||
– | 4 | 1 | 3 | Places of Amusement. |
The total rooms in dwellings occupied by private families as shown in the following table is usually slightly in excess of
the total rooms occupied owing to the fact that in certain dwellings inhabited by two or more families, part of the dwelling was
unoccupied on Census night.