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.—
1 | 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 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. | ||||||||
1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | 5 or more. | Outside or Inside. | Open or Enclos'd | w.c. | Scullery. | Wash-house. | ||||||||||
E. 5 | Ossulston Houses, Ossulston Street (4 houses) | Hampden House, Ltd. | 1884 | 210 | ... | ... | 70 | ... | ... | 70 | Gates to staircases Closed at night by Superintendent | 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. | 1865 | 244 | ... | 50 | 49 | ... | ... | 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 kitchen | 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 staircase. No resident caretaker. |