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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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. | Remarks. | |||||||
1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rnnmn. | Outside or Inside. | Open or Enclos'd | w.c. | Scullery. | Wash- house. | |||||||||||
W.5 | Hampstead House, William Street (1 House) | H. Hooke. Esq., 93, Hampstead Road | 1897 | 35 | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | Street door. Shut at night by caretaker | Inside | Enclo'd | Independent | 1 | 1 | i | 12/- to 15/- | Caretaker on premises. | |
W.5 | 159,171 & 173, Drurn-mond Street | Mr. G. Rayner, 61, Hampstead Road | 1893 | 96 | 38 | 1 | ... | i | Self closing door | Inside | Open | Common, each room opens onto a passage or landing | † | 2 taps on each ffoor | * | From 3/6 to 5/- per room. | † 14 rooms, 2 w.c.'s. and 1 draw tap on each floor, *2 washhouses with 10 coppers for 96 rooms. Caretaker resides in No. 169. | ||
S. 1 | Derby Buildings, Britannia Street and Wicklow Street (4 staircases) | Improved Industrial Dwellings Co., 33, Finsbury Square | 1867 | 491 | ... | ... | 70 | 71 | ... | 141 | No street doors | Outside | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5/9 to 9/- | Notice up as to trespassers. Superintendent lives at No. 28. | |
S. 1 | Stanley House, St. Chad's Place (1 house) | Mr. L. H. Ball, 221, Goswell Road | 1889 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 15 | Street door. Lock con-s t a n 11 y broken by tenants | Inside | Enclosed | 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 No. 2. | ||
s.l | Garfield House 5, Leeke Street (1 house) | Messrs. Foster, 79 to 82, Fore Street | 1887 | ... | 1 | 1 | i | 5 | Street door. Closed by tenant | Inside | Enclosed | 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 onflrst floor. Three 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's In; Superintendent, MidhopeBuildings, Midhope Street, St. Pancras | 892.3 | 56 | ... | ... | 140 | Street gate of courtyard always open | Outside | Independent | 2 to 4 | 4 to 8 | all | 2/9 to 9/- | Sculleries consist of sinks and taps on balconies Washhouses in a separate building. |