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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List I.— con. Buildings constructed in separate and sever9d dwellings, &c.—continued.
l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Remarks. | |||||||
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Division and Sub-Division. | Name and Situation, and Number of Houses. | Name and Address of Owner. | When Opened. | Total Number of Room. | Dwellings of | Total Number of Dwellings. | Street Door or Gate, when shut, and by whom. | Common Stair. | Inter-Communication of Rooms in Dwellings. Is this Independent of the Common Stair? | How many Dwellings use each appurtenance. | Weekly Rental, Minimum and Maximum. | ||||||||
1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | 5 or more. | Outside or Inside. | Open or Enclos'd | W.C. | Scullery. | Wash-house. | ||||||||||
S. 1 | Derby Buildings, Britannia Street and Wicklow Street (4 staircases) | Improved Industrial Dwellings Co., 33, Finsbury Square | 1867 | 494 | ... | ... | 70 | 71 | ... | 141 | No street doors | Outside | ... | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5/9 to 8/- | Notice up as to trespassers. |
S. 1 | Stanley House, St. Chad's Place (1 house) | Mr. L. H. Ball, 221, Goswell Road | 1889 | 32 | ... | 13 | 2 | ... | ... | 15 | Street door. Lock con-stant1y broken by tenants | Inside | Enclos'd | Independent | 3 | Tap and sink in kitchen | all (one on each floor) | 5/6 to 7/- | Scullery consists of a tap and sink in kitchen and living room. Caretaker resides in neighbourhood. |
S. 1 | Garfield House, 5, Leeke Street (1 house) | Messrs. Foster, 70 to 82, Fore Street, | 1887 | 16 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Street door. Closed by tenant | Inside | Enclos'd | Not severed. Every room opens on to landings of staircase | all | all | all | 3/6 to 6/6 | A combined scullery and washhouse with a sink and copper on first floor. Two w.c.'s for general use on the second floor. No resident caretaker. |
S. 1 | Whidbourne Buildings, Whidbourne Street (4 staircases) | East End Dwellings Co., 24, Old Square, Lincoln'8 Inn; Superintendent, MidhopeBuildings, Midhope Street, St. Pancras | 1892-3 | 260 | 55 | 59 | 29 | ... | ... | 143 | Street gate of courtyard always open | Outside | ... | Independent | 2 to 4 | 4 to 8 | all | 2/9 | Sculleries consist of sinks and taps on balconies. Washhouses in a separate building |
S. 1 | Ferris House, Whidbourne Street (1 house) | Ditto | 1892 | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | Street door closed at night by tenants | Inside | Enclosed | Not severed Every room opens on to landings of staircase | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/6 to 15/- | W. C., scullery and washhouse, and each of 3 habitable rooms open separately on to landing of each floor |
S. 1 | Midhope Buildings, Midhope Street (4 staircases) | Ditto | 1892 | 231 | 25 | 104 | ... | 2 | ... | 131 | Street gate of courtyard always open | Outside | ... | Independent | 2 to 4 | 4 to 8 | all | 2/-to 6/- 6/-& 12/- | Sculleries consist of taps and sinks on balconies. Washhouses in a separate building. Superintendent of estate resides in these buildings |