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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

City of Westminster 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: "Block L.

"Block L.

Numbers.Living Room.Bedroom.Total.
Cubic feet.Cubic feet.Cubic feet.
Ground floor2411,2359552,190
1st floor2451,3011,0192,320
2nd floor2491,3011,0192,320
3rd floor2531,3011,0192,320
4th floor2571,2449342,178

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"I would recommend that the maximum number to be allowed in the
above two-roomed tenements be two over and four under 10 years of
age. These figures might be modified according to requirement on the
basis that one person over 10 takes the place of two under 10.
"One-roomed Tenements.—These are contained in Blocks A, E, F, K,
P, one on each floor, and in Block L, three on each floor. They vary in
size from 1,240 to 1,385 cubic feet.

Table: "Blocks A, E, F, K, P.

"Blocks A, E, F, K, P.

Numbers.Cubic Feet.
Semi-basement2, 99, 122, 219, 3231.240
Ground floor6, 103, 126, 223, 3271,258
1st floor10, 107, 130, 227, 3311,279
2nd floor14, 111, 134, 231, 3351,282
3rd floor18, 115, 138, 235, 3391,258
4t.h floor22, 119, 142, 239, 3431,310

Table: "Block L.

"Block L.

Number.Cubic Feet.Number.Cubic Feet.
Ground floor2421,2582431,352
1st floor2461,3182471,385
2nd floor2501,3132511,385
3rd floor2541,3032551,378
4th floor2581,2282591,295
Ground floor2441,343——
1st floor2481,343——
2nd floor2521,343——
3rd floor2561,343——
4th floor2601,343——

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"I understand that the intention of the Committee is that these
rooms are to be occupied by one person, or by elderly couples. The
maximum allowance should not be more than that allowed under the
Peabody rules, viz., a man, wife and child, under 10, or an adult and two
children, one at least being under 10.