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 tenements. | Average occupants per room. | Overcrowding. | ||
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Number of one to four roomed tenements with more than two occupants per room. | N umber of occupiers of such tenements. | Percentage of population in such tenements. | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Plumstead | 1 room | 1,057 | 5.8 | 1,934 | 2 | 1.83 | 216 | 755 | 0.85 |
2 rooms | 2,134 | 11.6 | 6,263 | 7.1 | 1.47 | 296 | 1,651 | 1.86 | |
3 „ | 2,646 | 14.4 | 9,834 | 11.1 | 1.24 | 189 | 1,439 | 1.63 | |
4 „ | 3,377 | 18.4 | 16,605 | 18.8 | 1.23 | 194 | 1,854 | 2.09 | |
Poplar | 1 room | 4,348 | 12.3 | 9,373 | 5.6 | 2.16 | 1,334 | 4,833 | 2.90 |
2 rooms | 6,311 | 17.8 | 21,655 | 13.0 | 1.72 | 1,574 | 9,072 | 5.44 | |
3 „ | 7,718 | 21.7 | 33,938 | 20.4 | 1.47 | 1,221 | 9,440 | 5.66 | |
4 „ | 7,436 | 21.0 | 39,393 | 23.6 | 1.32 | 663 | 6,391 | 3.83 | |
Rotlierhitlie | 1 room | 1,108 | 13.3 | 2,421 | 6.2 | 2.19 | 365 | 1,341 | 3.42 |
2 rooms | 1,425 | 17.1 | 4,969 | 12.7 | 1.74 | 345 | 2,014 | 5.13 | |
3 „ | 1,469 | 17.7 | 6,654 | 17.0 | 1.51 | 276 | 2,148 | 5.47 | |
4 „ | 1,827 | 22.0 | 9,577 | 24.4 | 1.31 | 164 | 1,561 | 3.98 | |
St. George, Hanover-square | 1 room | 2,998 | 16.8 | 5,355 | 6.8 | 1.79 | 567 | 2,019 | 2.58 |
2 rooms | 3,860 | 21.6 | 12,047 | 15.4 | 1.56 | 724 | 4,285 | 5.47 | |
3 „ | 2,532 | 14.2 | 9,566 | 12.2 | 1.26 | 230 | 1,762 | 2.25 | |
4 „ | 1,365 | 7.6 | 6,041 | 7.7 | 1.11 | 66 | 633 | 0.81 | |
St. George-in-the-East | 1 room | 3,837 | 37.2 | 10,127 | 221 | 2.64 | 1,719 | 6,737 | 14.71 |
2 rooms | 2,334 | 22.6 | 9,720 | 21.2 | 2.08 | 915 | 5,597 | 12.22 | |
3 „ | 1,863 | 18.1 | 9,785 | 21.4 | 1.75 | 537 | 4,286 | 9.36 | |
4 „ | 1,024 | 9.9 | 6,086 | 13.3 | 1.49 | 165 | 1,623 | 3.54 | |
St. George-the-Martyr | 1 room | 4,170 | 30.1 | 9,866 | 16.5 | 2.37 | 1,505 | 5,612 | 9.10 |
2 rooms | 4,086 | 29.5 | 16,123 | 27.0 | 1.97 | 1,407 | 8,465 | 14.18 | |
3 „ | 2,317 | 16.7 | 11,259 | 18.9 | 1.62 | 521 | 4,094 | 6.86 | |
4 „ | 1,462 | 10.6 | 8,468 | 14.2 | 1.48 | 193 | 1,883 | 3.15 | |
St. Giles | 1 room | 3,048 | 33.6 | 7,652 | 19.2 | 2.51 | 1,198 | 4,878 | 12.26 |
2 rooms | 2,392 | 26.4 | 9,127 | 22.9 | 1.91 | 809 | 5,021 | 12.62 | |
3 „ | 1,155 | 12.7 | 5,121 | 12.9 | 1.48 | 203 | 1,573 | 3.95 | |
4 rooms | 487 | 5.4 | 2,351 | 5.9 | 1.21 | 39 | 386 | 0.97 | |
St. James, Westminster | 1 room | 1,323 | 22.3 | 2,859 | 11.4 | 2.16 | 383 | 1,511 | 6.05 |
2 rooms | 1,721 | 29.0 | 5,949 | 23.8 | 1.73 | 459 | 2,775 | 11.10 | |
3 „ | 862 | 14.5 | 3,825 | 15.3 | 1.48 | 175 | 1,426 | 5.71 | |
4 „ | 327 | 5.5 | 1,576 | 6.3 | 1.20 | 24 | 231 | 0.92 | |
St. Luke | 1 room | 3,536 | 35.9 | 9,244 | 21.8 | 2.61 | 1,537 | 6,046 | 14.25 |
2 rooms | 2,918 | 29.6 | 12,693 | 29.9 | 2.17 | 1,287 | 7,880 | 18.57 | |
3 „ | 1,511 | 15.3 | 8,092 | 19.1 | 1.79 | 482 | 3,893 | 9.17 | |
4 „ | 691 | 7.0 | 3,940 | 9.3 | 1.38 | 96 | 953 | 2.25 | |
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster | 1 room | 3,872 | 29.1 | 8,527 | 15.4 | 2.20 | 1,142 | 4,410 | 7.94 |
2 rooms | 3,695 | 27.8 | 11,178 | 20.1 | 1.51 | 1,021 | 4,145 | 7.46 | |
3 „ | 1,754 | 13.2 | 7,753 | 14.0 | 1.47 | 304 | 2,381 | 4.29 | |
4 „ | 956 | 7.2 | 4,734 | 8.5 | 1.24 | 67 | 645 | 1.16 | |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 1 room | 799 | 25.6 | 1,820 | 12.5 | 2.28 | 272 | 1,039 | 7.11 |
2 rooms | 751 | 24.1 | 2,640 | 18.1 | 1.76 | 204 | 1,242 | 8.50 | |
3 „ | 426 | 13.7 | 1,723 | 11.8 | 1.35 | 58 | 468 | 3.20 | |
4 | 178 | 5.7 | 811 | 5.5 | 1.14 | 15 | 147 | 1.01 | |
St. Marylebone | 1 room | 11,296 | 32.3 | 25,114 | 17.6 | 2.22 | 3,584 | 13,741 | 9.65 |
2 rooms | 8,929 | 25.6 | 33,513 | 23.5 | 1.88 | 2,828 | 17,447 | 12.25 | |
3 „ | 3,932 | 11.3 | 17,067 | 12.0 | 1.15 | 670 | 5,310 | 3.73 | |
4 „ | 1,948 | 5.6 | 9,519 | 6.7 | 1.22 | 165 | 1,634 | 1.15 | |
St. Olave | 1 room | 460 | 17.9 | 1,054 | 8.3 | 2.29 | 173 | 625 | 4.91 |
2 rooms | 794 | 31.0 | 3,207 | 25.2 | 2.02 | 293 | 1,774 | 13.94 | |
3 „ | 482 | 18.8 | 2,465 | 19.4 | 1.70 | 121 | 960 | 7.55 | |
4 „ | 343 | 13.4 | 1,923 | 15.1 | 1.40 | 36 | 343 | 2.70 | |
St. Pancras | 1 room | 15,368 | 26.8 | 34,318 | 14.6 | 2.23 | 4,959 | 18,998 | 811 |
2 rooms | 16,220 | 28.3 | 60,613 | 25.9 | 1.87 | 5,065 | 30,817 | 1.3.15 | |
3 „ | 8,689 | 15.2 | 37,723 | 16.1 | 1.45 | 1,439 | 11,414 | 4.87 | |
4 „ | 4,416 | 7.7 | 23,047 | 9.8 | 1.30 | 359 | 3,501 | 1.49 |