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During the year 907 houses occupied by the working classes were inspected,
this number consisted of 589 registered lodging houses and 318 non-registered
houses occupied by working classes. Of the 318 non-registered houses, 58 were
block dwellings, one block being counted as one house. The 58 blocks included 380
tenements The total number of buildings in the Borough occupied for dwelling
purposes is given by the Census, 1921, as 3,473. The number of tenements
occupied by working classes as returned to the London County Council is 8,571.
This figure represents the total tenements in the Borough consisting of one, two,
three or four rooms.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year Ended 31st December, 1924.
1.—GENERAL.
(1) Estimated population 43,250
(2) General death rate 12.2
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis (all forms) 1.24
(4) Infantile mortality rate 81
*(5) Number of buildings containing dwellings (Census, 1921) 3,473
†(6) Number of separate dwellings (Census, 19211) 7,202
‡(6a) Number of working-class tenements (Census, 1921) 8,571
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected nil
2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I.—INSPECTION.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 907§
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 nil||
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 700
II.—REMEDY OF DEFECTS WITHOUT SERVICE OF FORMAL NOTICES
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers ?
*"Buildings."—A structure wholly detached or separated from another by a party wall,
e.g., a block of flats is one building.
†"Separate dwelling," i.e., having separate access to street or common landing or
staircase, e.g., each flat in a block is a separate dwelling, but a private house not structurally
divided is a single unit whether occupied by one or more families.
‡"Working-class tenements," i.e., separate occupations of one, two, three or four rooms
only.
§ Practically all these houses were tenement houses containing a number of tenements.
||All the more insanitary houses are always annually inspected, although none last year
was formally recorded under the above Regulations.