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 London County Council]
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Sanitary area. | Tenements with, | Number of tenements. | Percentage of all tenements. | Total occupants. | Percentage of population in each group of tenement^. | Average occupants per room. | Overcrowding. | ||
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Number of one to four roomed tenements with more than two occupants per room. | Number of occupiers of such tenements. | Percentage of population in such tenements. | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Greenwich | 1 room | 3,799 | 10.7 | 8,077 | 4.8 | 2.13 | 1,091 | 4,189 | 2.53 |
2 rooms | 4,629 | 13.1 | 14,666 | 8.9 | 1.58 | 900 | 5,194 | 3.14 | |
3 „ | 5,211 | 14.7 | 21,571 | 13.0 | 1.38 | 684 | 5,266 | 3.18 | |
4 „ | 6,776 | 19.1 | 33,110 | 20.0 | 1.22 | 400 | 3,841 | 2.32 | |
Hackney | 1 room | 4,715 | 9.8 | 9,266 | 4.0 | 1.97 | 1,210 | 4,369 | 1.90 |
2 rooms | 6,722 | 14.0 | 21,936 | 9.6 | 1.63 | 1,451 | 8,461 | 3.69 | |
3 „ | 8,078 | 16.8 | 32,700 | 14.2 | 1.35 | 964 | 7,477 | 3.26 | |
4 „ | 6,501 | 13.5 | 32,564 | 14.2 | 1.25 | 473 | 4,548 | 1.98 | |
Hammersmith | 1 room | 2,354 | 11.0 | 4,871 | 5.0 | 2.07 | 677 | 2,459 | 2.53 |
2 rooms | 3,433 | 16.0 | 11,606 | 11.9 | 1.69 | 826 | 4,836 | 4.97 | |
3 „ | 3,693 | 17.2 | 15,305 | 15.7 | 1.38 | 517 | 4,011 | 4.12 | |
4 „ | 2,620 | 12.2 | 12,998 | 13.4 | 1.24 | 184 | 1,771 | 1.82 | |
Hampstead | 1 room | 1,098 | 8.3 | 2,304 | 3.4 | 2.10 | 311 | 1,167 | 1.71 |
2 rooms | 1,844 | 14.0 | 6,648 | 9.7 | 1.80 | . 554 | 3,342 | 4.88 | |
3 „ | 1,585 | 12.0 | 6,721 | 9.8 | 1.41 | 247 | 1,960 | 2.86 | |
4 „ | 866 | 6.6 | 4,283 | 6.3 | 1.24 | 62 | 593 | 0.87 | |
Holborn | 1 room | 2,593 | 32.2 | 6,770 | 20.2 | 2.61 | 1,125 | 4,501 | 13.44 |
2 rooms | 2,526 | 31.4 | 9,915 | 29.6 | 1.96 | 906 | 5,600 | 16.72 | |
3 „ | 1,246 | 15.5 | 5,782 | 17.3 | 1.55 | 272 | 2,197 | 6.56 | |
4 „ | 476 | 5.9 | 2,337 | 7.0 | 1.23 | 45 | 454 | 1.36 | |
Islington | 1 room | 12,856 | 17.7 | 28,189 | 8.8 | 2.19 | 4,057 | 15,150 | 4.75 |
2 rooms | 16,716 | 23.0 | 60,639 | 19.0 | 1.81 | 4,755 | 28,524 | 8.94 | |
3 „ | 11,806 | 16.3 | 49,762 | 15.6 | 1.40 | 1,752 | 13,742 | 4.31 | |
4 „ | 8,015 | 11.0 | 41,740 | 13.1 | 1.30 | 743 | 7,188 | 2.25 | |
Kensington | 1 room | 6,398 | 17.8 | 13,727 | 8.3 | 2.15 | 1,897 | 7,235 | 4.35 |
2 rooms | 6,965 | 19.4 | 26,020 | 15.6 | 1.87 | 2,212 | 13,534 | 8.14 | |
3 „ | 4,115 | 11.4 | 18,119 | 8.9 | 1.47 | 725 | 5,777 | 3.47 | |
4 „ | 2,574 | 7.2 | 12,924 | 7.8 | 1.26 | 223 | 2,169 | 1.30 | |
Lambeth | 1 room | 10,837 | 17.1 | 22,674 | 8.2 | 2.09 | 3,120 | 11,545 | 4.20 |
2 rooms | 11,485 | 18.1 | 38,395 | 14.0 | 1.67 | 2,664 | 15,786 | 5.74 | |
3 „ | 10,023 | 15.8 | 41,859 | 15.2 | 1.39 | 1,392 | 10,757 | 3.91 | |
4 „ | 8,127 | 12.8 | 40,796 | 14.8 | 1.25 | 571 | 5,554 | 2.02 | |
Lewisham, including Penge | 1 room | 977 | 5.2 | 1,628 | 1.8 | 1.67 | 151 | 534 | 0.58 |
2 rooms | 1,262 | 6.7 | 3,433 | 3.7 | 1.36 | 144 | 823 | 0.89 | |
3 „ | 1,722 | 9.1 | 6,399 | 6.9 | 1.24 | 137 | 1,049 | 1.13 | |
4 „ | 2,073 | 11.0 | 9,700 | 10.5 | 1.17 | 95 | 913 | 0.99 | |
Limehouse | 1 room | 2,567 | 20.7 | 6,321 | 11.0 | 2.46 | 1,010 | 3,892 | 6.78 |
2 rooms | 2,845 | 22.9 | 10,941 | 19.1 | 1.92 | 934 | 5,636 | 9.82 | |
3 „ | 2,268 | 18.3 | 10,421 | 18.2 | 1.53 | 424 | 3,302 | 5.76 | |
4 „ | 1,886 | 15.2 | 10,336 | 18.0 | 1.37 | 204 | 1,951 | 3.40 | |
London, City of | 1 room | 1,793 | 22.1 | 3,858 | 10.3 | 2.15 | 530 | 2,048 | 5.46 |
2 rooms | 1,846 | 22.8 | 6,585 | 17.6 | 1.78 | 523 | 3,228 | 8.61 | |
3 „ | 1,224 | 15.1 | 4,982 | 13.3 | 1.36 | 170 | 1,377 | 3.67 | |
4 „ | 696 | 8.6 | 3,237 | 8.6 | 1.16 | 54 | 541 | 1.44 | |
Mile-end Old Town | 1 room | 5,122 | 20.8 | 11,399 | 10.0 | 2.21 | 1,693 | 6,323 | 5.88 |
2 rooms | 5,091 | 20.6 | 18,109 | 16.8 | 1.78 | 1,335 | 7,963 | 7.40 | |
3 „ | 4,675 | 19.0 | 20,657 | 19.2 | 1.47 | 784 | 6,143 | 5.71 | |
4 „ | 3,618 | 14.7 | 19,651 | 18.3 | 1.36 | 333 | 3,238 | 3.01 | |
Newington | 1 room | 5,506 | 20.3 | 11,893 | 10.3 | 2.16 | 1,654 | 6,115 | 5.28 |
2 rooms | 6,355 | 23.4 | 22,293 | 19.3 | 1.75 | 1,622 | 9,476 | 8.18 | |
3 „ | 5,446 | 20.1 | 23,811 | 20.6 | 1.46 | 842 | 6,542 | 5.65 | |
4 „ | 4,218 | 15.6 | 22,729 | 19.6 | 1.35 | 377 | 3,649 | 3.15 | |
Paddington | 1 room | 4,785 | 17.6 | 9,676 | 8.2 | 2.02 | 1,239 | 4,636 | 3.93 |
2 rooms | 5,537 | 20.4 | 19,589 | 16.6 | 1.77 | 1,582 | 9,597 | 8.14 | |
3 „ | 4,858 | 17.9 | 19,009 | 16.1 | 1.30 | 531 | 4,192 | 3.56 | |
4 „ | 2,028 | 7.5 | 9,824 | 8.3 | 1.21 | 144 | 1,395 | 1.18 |