Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[ 1924
(c) Proceedings under Sections li and 18 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
| (1) Number of representations made with a view to making of Closing Orders | Nil |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | Nil |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwellinghouses having been rendered fit | Nil |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | Nil |
| (5) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | Nil |
HOUSES OCCUPIED BY TWO OR MORE FAMILIES. CENSUS 1921.
| Metropolitan Borough | Number of structurally undivided houses and shops. | Number occupied by 2 or more families. | Approximate proportion occupied by 2 or more families. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 families. | 3 or more families. | Total. | |||
| Per cent. | |||||
| Islington | 36,759 | 12,604 | 14,292 | 26,896 | 73.2 |
| St. Pancras | 20,273 | 4,685 | 10,000 | 14.685 | 72.4 |
| Finsbury | 6,155 | 1,389 | 2,807 | 4,196 | 68.2 |
| Shoreditch | 11,162 | 3,869 | 3,144 | 7,013 | 62.8 |
| Southwark | 17,194 | 5,532 | 4,879 | 10,411 | 60.6 |
| Fulham | 19,105 | 9,230 | 2,315 | 11,545 | 60.4 |
| Holborn | 1,981 | 333 | 834 | 1,167 | 58.9 |
| Paddington | 14,452 | 2,609 | 5,773 | 8,382 | 58.0 |
| Poplar | 21,400 | 10,479 | 1,799 | 12,278 | 57.4 |
| Bermonsdey | 14,243 | 6,247 | 1,867 | 8,114 | 57.0 |
| Hackney | 30,800 | 13,154 | 4,265 | 17,419 | 56.6 |
| Hammersmith | 15,860 | 5,307 | 3,476 | 8,783 | 55.4 |
| Stoke Newington | 7,505 | 2,921 | 1,212 | 4,133 | 55.1 |
| Bethnal Green | 12,940 | 5,202 | 1,S97 | 7,099 | 54.9 |
| Battersea | 23,355 | 10,201 | 2,600 | 12,801 | 54.8 |
| Deptford | 15,983 | 7,519 | 1,207 | 8,726 | 54.6 |
| Camberwell | 37,718 | 15,670 | 4,170 | 19,840 | 52.6 |
| Stepney | 27,972 | 10,798 | 3,697 | 14,495 | 51.8 |
| Lambeth | 39,070 | 13,295 | 6,901 | 20,196 | 51.7 |
| St. Marylebone | 9,145 | 1,398 | 2,696 | 4,094 | 44.8 |
| Chelsea | 6,604 | 1,097 | 1,786 | 2,883 | 43.7 |
| Kensington | 17,825 | 2,728 | 4,408 | 7,136 | 40.0 |
| Westminster | 10,758 | 1,212 | 2,878 | 4,090 | 38.0 |
| Greenwich | 15,120 | 4,812 | 778 | 5,590 | 37.0 |
| Hampstead | 11,043 | 1,881 | 2,154 | 4,035 | 36.5 |
| Wandsworth | 50,643 | 13,110 | 2,272 | 15,382 | 30.4 |
| Woolwich | 25,203 | 5,892 | 789 | 6,681 | 26.5 |
| Lewisham | 31,524 | 7,137 | 992 | 8,129 | 25.8 |
| City of London | 840 | 68 | 72 | 140 | 16.7 |
| Total (London) | 552,632 | 180,379 | 95,960 | 276,339 | 50.0 |