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.—
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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 Rooms. | 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 | 5 or more. | Outside or Inside. | Open or Enclos'd | w.c. | Scullery. | Wash- houses. | ||||||||||
e. a | Pancras Square, Pancras Road (6 staircases. Balconies) | Metropolitan Association of Industrial Dwellings; Ed. H. Merston, Esq.,Sec.,Pancras Square, N.W. | 1847 | '285 | ... | 18 | 83 | ... | ... | 101 | Gate closed at night by Superintendent | Outside | ... | Independent | 1 | 1 | All | 5/6 to 9/6 | Centre blocks have 1 w.c. to each tenement. At wings of block, 1 w.c. to every two tenements. Superintendent resides in one of the buildings. |
E. 5 | Ossulston Houses, Ossulston Street (4 houses). | Hampden House,. Ltd. | 1884 | 210 | ... | ... | 70 | ... | ... | 70 | Gates to staircases Closed at night by Superin tendent. | Inside | Open | Do. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8/6 to 9/- | Sculleries not included as rooms. Caretaker of Hampden House performs duties as to lighting, &c. |
E. 5 | Stanley Buildings, Pancras Road, (5 staircases) | Improved Industrial Dwellings Co., 37, Finsbury Square, E.C.; Jas. Moore, Esq., Sec. | 1863 | 244 | ... | 50 | 48 | ... | ... | 98 | Gates to stairs. Always open | Outside | ... | Do. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6/-to 8/- | Superintendent resides in one of the buildings. Sculleries not included as rooms. |
E. 5 | Polygon Buildings, Clarendon Square (12 houses) | Midland Railway Co. | 1894 | 576 | 96 | 96 | 96 | ... | ... | 288 | Gates to courtyards always open. Doors to buildings closed at night by caretakers | Inside | Enclosed | Do. | 2 | 1 on each floor six dwellings | All (on roof) | 2/6 to 7/6 | Two caretakers reside in one or other of buildings, one for each pair of blocks, Company's servants given preference. |
e. 5 | 166, Ossulston Street (1 staircase and balconies) | Mrs. Wark, The Old Hall, High-gate | 1880 | 24 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | No street door or gate | Outside | ... | Not severed. Every two dwellings within one outer door and closed lobby | 4 | Tap and sink in kit chen | All on roof | 6/6 to 7/- | Dwellings of two rooms, with one entrance from closed lobby common to 2 dwellings with 1 outer door opening on to outside stone staircases-No resident caretaker. |