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 St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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London Sanitary Authorities.
Marylebone.—Linton Place improvement under Artisans' Dwellings Act, 1875,
carried out in 1879 by the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Lambeth —No scheme.
Hanover Square.—No scheme.
Islington.—Norfolk Square area, about £2 8s. 4d. per square yard for land,
buildings, &c. (Vestry's Scheme, 2442 square yards.)
Siioreditch.—Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, Moira Place
area, site cost a little over £6 16s. per square yard, including land and
all interests in buildings. (Vestry's Scheme.)
Paddington.—No scheme.
Bethnal Green.—No report on the subject adopted.
Newington.—No scheme.
Camberwell.—No report on the subject adopted.
St. James, Westminster.—No scheme.
Sr. Mark and St. John. Westminster.—No reply.
Clerken well.—No experience.
Chelsea.—No scheme.
Kensington.—No scheme.
Fulham.—No experience.
Hammersmith.—No scheme.
St. Luke.—No scheme under Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890. Scheme
under Cross's Act, 1875, "Whitecross Street area," carried out by
Metropolitan Board of Works.
St. George-the-Martyr.—No reply.
Bermondsey.—No scheme.
St. George-in-the-East.—£2 15s. per square yard paid for land in an unhealthy
area.
St. Martin-in-the Fields.—About 18 years ago the Metropolitan Board of
Works demolished a large area, and 5 blocks of Peabody Buildings were
erected on the site.
Mile End.—Scheme under Part II. not proceeded with.
Woolwich.—No scheme.
Rotherhithe.—Scheme under consideration.
Hampstead.—No experience.
Battersea —No scheme.
Hackney.—No scheme.
Stoke Newington.—No experience.
Plumstead.— No scheme.
Whitechapel.—Metropolitan Board of Works carried out schemes.
Greenwich and Deptford.—No reply.
Wandsworth.—No scheme.
St. Giles.—No scheme carried out by District Board.
Holborn.—No experience.
Strand.—No scheme.
Limehouse.—No reply.
Poplar.—No reply.
St. Saviour, Southwark.—No reply.
Lee—Not necessary to put Housing of the Working Classes Act into force.