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 Islington Borough]
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[1928
The number of houses or flats provided by the Islington Borough Council, the London County Council and by private enterprise in the Borough, was as follows:-
1919 to 1927. | 1928. | Total since 1919. | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of houses or flats provided by the Islington Borough Council | 745 | nil | 745 |
Number of flats provided by the London County Council | 161 | 75 | 236 |
Number of houses or flats provided by private enterprise | 286 | 22 | 308 |
1,192 | 97* | 1,289 |
*Including 12 converted Flat Dwellings.
Particulars of houses or flats provided under the Council's Housing Schemes
1919 to 1927. | 1928. | Total since 1919. | |
---|---|---|---|
Halton Mansions | 160 | — | 160 |
(8 more flats to be erected on lease of two houses falling in during 1932). City Mansions | 47 | — | 47 |
Queen's Mansions | 44 | — | 44 |
Warltersville Mansions | 46 | — | 46 |
Manchester Mansions | 31 | — | 31 |
Addington Mansions | 107 | — | 107 |
435 | — | 435 | |
*Conversion of 16 houses into | 61 dwellings | 61 | |
Tyndale Mansions | 102 | — | 102 |
Laycock Mansions | 132 | — | 132 |
Houses, etc., Highbury Station Road | 15 | — | 15 |
745 | nil | 745 |
*Includes:—27, Rupert Road
8, Barnsbury Street
27 and 25, Canonbury Villas
2, Highbury Grange
Not converted
The number of overcrowding cases recorded as dealt with during the years 1919 to 1928, was:—
1919 | 11 |
1920 | 7 |
1921 | 6 |
1922 | 10 |
1923 | 17 |
1924 | 13 |
1925 | 19 |
1926 | 26 |
1927 | 24 |
1928 | 37 |
Total | 170 |