Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Factories and Workshops.
There are 8-1 workshops and 44 factories registered in the Ward, employing
913 males and 366 females. It is important that such firms and other employers
in the vicinity should have a supply of labour residing in the neighbourhood.
There is no special industry peculiar to the Ward; more than 50 different
occupations are carried on in the various factories and workshops; the more
numerous are tailors and dressmakers 33, printers 15, and photographers 5.
Classification of Residential Property.
The residential property may be classed into four categories: —
(i) Good Class Houses and Flate.
Of these the best examples of the former are in Guilford Street and Queen
Square, and of the latter in Red Lion Square.
(ii) Less Expensive Houses and Flats.
These would include houses such as those* in Great Ormond Street and Orde
Hall Street, and flats such as those comprised in Bedford House in New North
Street.
(iii) Good Class Tenements.
In this category would be included houses in Princeton Street and Harpur
Street.
Street. | Houses used for workingclass dwellings. | Registeredunder By-laws. | Inspected in connection with Survey. |
---|---|---|---|
Dane Street | |||
Devonshire Street | |||
Eagle Street | |||
East Street | |||
Fisher Street | — | ||
Harpur Mews | — | ||
Lamb's Conduit Passage | |||
New North Street | |||
Old Gloucester Street | |||
Old North Street | |||
Ormond Yard | |||
Princeton Street | — | ||
Red Lion Passage | |||
Red Lion Street | — | ||