Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1939
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TABLE No. 36.
PRE-WAR Housing.
Properties Owned and Managed by the Chelsea Borough Council.
Property. | No. of Flats | Population (approx.) | Rents. |
---|---|---|---|
Sir Thomas More Buildings, Beaufort Street | 262 | 725 | 4/11 to 13/10 per week |
Pond House, Pond Place | 32 | 125 | 10/8 to 14/9 per week. |
Onslow Dwellings, Pond Place ... | 108 | 312 | 6/6 to 8/7 per week. |
Grove Buildings, Chelsea Manor Street | 120 | 220 | 4/2 to 7/8 per week. |
522 | 1,382 |
Private enterprise, benevolent agencies and trusts had also made
very important contributions to housing in Chelsea prior to 1914. These
are shown in Table No. 37.
TABLE No. 37.
• Properties erected by Private Enterprise, Benevolent Agencies,
Trusts, etc.
Property. | No. of Flats. | Population (approx.) | Rents. |
---|---|---|---|
Sutton Model Dwellings, Cale Street | 660 | 2,037 | 3/5 to 10/10 per week. |
Lewis Trust Dwellings, Ixworth Place | 398 | 1,299 | 3/1 to 10/3 per week. |
Marlborough Buildings, Walton Street | 162 | 391 | 9/0 to 20/0 per week. |
Guinness Buildings, Draycott Avenue | 303 | 711 | 2/3 to 7/5 per week. |
Peabody Buildings, Lawrence Street | 68 | 163 | 3 /8 to 8/4 per week. |
Chelsea Park Dwellings, King's Road | 54 | 114 | 3/5 to 12/6 per week. |
It will be seen that in Chelsea at the outbreak of war there was available
accommodation for about 7,000 persons of wage-earning class—an amount
which, in proportion to population, was considerably higher than that
obtaining in any other metropolitan borough.