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
City of Westminster 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Colchester - 2 - - Luton 1 1 - -
Croydon 9 8 - - Newbury 1 1 - -
Deptford 8 8 - - New Malden 2 3 - -
Dunstable 1 - - - Northampton 7 7 - -
Ealing 8 7 - - Oxford 1 - - -
East Ham - 1 - - Paddington 95 87 6 12
East Molesey 1 1 - - Penge 4 4 - -
Edmonton 3 3 - - Perth 1 - - -
Enfield 2 2 - - Pontypool - 1 - -
Farnborough 1 1 - - Poplar 5 3 - -
Einchley 3 4 - - Redhill 1 1 - -
Pinsbury 22 23 2 1 Bomford - 1 - -
Frampton-Catterell 1 - - - Salford - - 1 -
St. Marylebone 776 745 40 44
Friern Barnet 1 1 - - St. Pancras 381 401 - 4
Fulham 36 39 - - Shoreditch 13 7 - -
Greenwich - 1 - - Southail-Norwood 2 1 - -
Hackney 19 22 - 2 Southend 1 - - -
Hammersmith 57 56 - - Southgate 1 - - -
Hampstead 9 12 1 3 Southwark 53 46 - -
Hanwell 2 2 - - Stepney 126 136 1 2
Harpenden 1 1 - - Stoke Newington 3 4 1 -
Harrow 5 - - - Teignmouth 1 - - -
Hendon 1 3 - - Tottenham 6 8 - -
Holborn 111 108 27 32 Twickenham 1 1 - -
Hornsey 4 9 1 1 Walthamstow 2 4 - -
Hounslow 1 1 - - Wandsworth 68 72 1 -
Ilford 2 1 - - Watford - 1 - -
Isle of Wight 1 - 1 - Wealdstone 1 6 - -
Islington 75 67 - - Wembley 4 4 - -
Kenley - 1 - - West Ham 10 9 - -
Kensington 55 62 32 26 Willesden 82 77 - 1
Kingston-on- Wimbledon 5 7 - -
Thames - 1 - - Woodford - 2 - -
Lambeth 99 98 - - Wood Green 1 2 - -
Langley 1 1 - - Woolwich - 2 - -
Leeds 1 1 - - Yeovil - 1 - -
Lewisham 3 8 5 4
Leyton 6 8 - - 2,380 2,367 193 221
Workers are frequently in the employ of several firms, so that
the number of names (2,457) returned as resident in the City does
not necessarily coincide with the actual number of workers, which is
found to be 1,777. All those living in Westminster were visited, and
the sanitary condition, not only of the rooms occupied, but of the whole
house, was inquired into. The actual number of houses in which outwork
was being done was 969, as many houses contain a number of
outworkers. These houses are mostly in the Soho district. Distributed
according to wards they are situated as follows:—
Great Marlborough 305
Regent 247
Pall Mall 6
St. Anne 172
Covent Garden 34
Charing Cross 11
Strand 2
Conduit 28
Grosvenor 47
Knightsbridge St. George 9
Victoria 60
Hamlet 9
St. Margaret 6
St. John 33