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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Table L.—Housing of Private Households.
| Administrative Area | Structurally Separate Dwellings | Households | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupied and Vacant | Occupied | |||||||||||
| Number | Percentage Vacant Unfurnished | Rooms per Dwelling | Percentage with 1 or 2 rooms only | Number | Percentage Sharing a Dwelling | Roomsper household | Percentage occupying 1 or 2 rooms only | Persons per Household | Percentageof 1 person households | |||
| 1951 | 1931 | 1951 | 1931 | |||||||||
| London | 820,918 | 1.0 | 4.76 | 5.75 | 13.2 | 1,120,710 | 47.8 | 3.39 | 28.6 | 2.82 | 3.46 | 19.7 |
| Finsbury M B. | 8,909 | 1.1 | 4.08 | 4.59 | 26.2 | 12,416 | 48.1 | 2.86 | 45.1 | 2.75 | 3.54 | 23.4 |
Table 10.—Dwellings, Rooms and Households.
| Structurally Separate Dwellings | Number of Rooms | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Room | 2Rooms | 3Rooms | 4Rooms | 5Rooms | 6Rooms | 7Rooms | 8 or 9 Rooms | 10 or more Rooms | AllSizes | Total | |
| Total Dwellings occupied and vacant | 409 | 1,993 | 2,215 | 1,464 | 507 | 945 | 526 | 601 | 249 | 8,909 | 36,461 |
| Number of Private Households therein | 371 | 1,914 | 2,184 | 1,579 | 661 | 1,849 | 1,259 | 1,677 | 922 | 12,416 | — |