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District No. 17 lies on the N.E. side of Vincent Square. The census
population was 814, of a mixed character. The district contains Carey
Mansions, a four-storey block of flats, and a new block has been erected
in Vincent Square and Bell Street. There are some good houses in
Vincent Square, and the rest of the population is of the artisan type,
living in two and three-storey dwellings, some of them over shops, and
generally in fair condition. Demolition has been carried out on a large
scale in Ship Court, Elverton Street, Bell Street, and Bell Place.
So far as can be gauged this district is fairly healthy. A good deal
of sanitary work, re-drainage, &c., has been carried out in New Street,
and the condition of the dwellings considerably improved with beneficial
results. Some old property facing Regency Street will probably have to
be cleared away at an early date.
Districts Nos. 18 and 19.—These two districts yield satisfactory
results so far as mortality statistics are concerned. Considerable
alteration is taking place in the class of property, and the tendency
appears to be to erect flats or large buildings for business purposes.
Some old small shops, with rooms over, on the east side of Rochester
Bow, will probably be cleared away so soon as the ground can be let;
meanwhile their sanitary condition is fairly well maintained.
District No. 20 embraces the west side of Strutton Ground, a great
part of which is in progress of being rebuilt at present (in this street is
a common lodging-house with 211 inmates), Artillery Mansions, and
Artillery Buildings (working class tenements), and a number of business
premises. A few houses in Artillery Row are in a very worn-out
condition; they are chiefly used for business purposes, and their site
has been advertised for building for some time.
Districts Nos. 12, 13 and 14 lie on the other side of Vauxliall
Bridge Boad, between it and Tachbrook Street, the "Tachbrook'' having
been the boundary of the parish on this side.
District No. 13 is bounded by Bessborough Street and Gardens and
the River. The population was 1,386 at the last census. The houses
generally are of good construction, most of them being of four storeys.
There is some letting of apartments. There are some houses inhabited
over stables in two mews, those off Bessborough Place not being
altogether satisfactory. There are no block dwellings. An open space
exists round Trinity Church, and the district has the advantage also of
being near the Biver.
In 1902 the deaths from all causes were equivalent to a rate of
23.8 per 1,000 as compared with an average of 15.6 for the other three
years (1901-3-4), and the average of the last three years was 16.6.
It is possible that the population here was increased by demolition
in adjacent areas in 1901-2, and declined on the opening of the Millbank