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 populution in each group of tenements. | Average occupants per room. | Number of one to four roomed tenements with more than two occupants per room. | Overcrowding. Number of occupiers of such tenements. | Percentage of population in such tenements. |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
St. Saviour | 1 room | 2,091 | 33.2 | 4,919 | 18.1 | 2.35 | 753 | 2,834 | 10.43 |
2 rooms | 1,690 | 26.8 | 6,395 | 23.5 | 1.89 | 611 | 3,335 | 12.27 | |
3 „ | 949 | 15.1 | 4,692 | 17.3 | 1.65 | 220 | 1,742 | 6.41 | |
4 „ | 587 | 9.3 | 3,445 | 12.7 | 1.47 | 92 | 887 | 3.26 | |
Shoreditch | 1 room | 8,373 | 29.1 | 20,112 | 16.2 | 2.40 | 3,167 | 12,037 | 9.71 |
2 rooms | 7,637 | 26.5 | 30,300 | 24.4 | 1.98 | 2,670 | 16,098 | 12.98 | |
3 „ | 4,959 | 17.2 | 24,559 | 19.8 | 1.65 | 1,180 | 9,315 | 7.51 | |
4 „ | 3,529 | 12.2 | 20,258 | 16.3 | 1.51 | 442 | 4,319 | 3.48 | |
Strand | 1 room | 1,854 | 30.9 | 4,538 | 18.1 | 2.45 | 709 | 2,805 | 11.17 |
2 rooms | 1,556 | 25.9 | 6,083 | 21.2 | 1.95 | 541 | 3,354 | 13.35 | |
3 „ | 983 | 16.4 | 4,209 | 16.8 | 1.43 | 157 | 1,257 | 5.00 | |
4 „ | 309 | 5.1 | 1,563 | 6.2 | 1.26 | 37 | 359 | 1.43 | |
Wandsworth | 1 room | 1,868 | 5.9 | 3,332 | 2.1 | 1.78 | 352 | 1,272 | 0.81 |
2 rooms | 2,749 | 8.6 | 8,141 | 5.2 | 1.48 | 445 | 2,543 | 1.62 | |
3 „ | 3,911 | 12.3 | 14,884 | 9.5 | 1.27 | 365 | 2,769 | 1.76 | |
4 „ | 4,616 | 14.5 | 21,752 | 13.9 | 1.18 | 227 | 2,172 | 1.38 | |
Whitechapel | 1 room | 4,575 | 32.1 | 13,396 | 18.2 | 2.93 | 2,411 | 9,891 | 13.45 |
2 rooms | 4,167 | 29.2 | 19,522 | 26.5 | 2.34 | 2,075 | 13,434 | 18.26 | |
3 „ | 2,173 | 15.2 | 12,221 | 16.6 | 1.87 | 750 | 6,256 | 8.51 | |
1,138 | 8.0 | 7,072 | 9.6 | 1.55 | 237 | 2,411 | 3.28 | ||
Woolwich | 1 room | 1,341 | 17.2 | 2,951 | 7.2 | 2.20 | 422 | 1,521 | 3.72 |
2 rooms | 1,434 | 18.4 | 4,865 | 11.9 | 1.68 | 339 | 1,973 | 4.83 | |
3 „ | 1,326 | 17.0 | 5,584 | 13.7 | 1.40 | 177 | 1,370 | 3.35 | |
4 „ | 1,423 | 18.3 | 7,280 | 17.8 | 1.28 | 107 | 1,042 | 2.55 |
Marriages.
There were 37,175 marriages in the registration county of London in 1892, giving an annual
rate of 17.4 per 1,000 living.
The marriage rate since 1870 has been as follows—
1871 | 19.5 | 1882 | 18.4 |
1872 | 19.9 | 1883 | 18.1 |
1873 | 19.8 | 1884 | 17.9 |
1874 | 19.4 | 1885 | 17.4 |
1875 | 19.6 | 1886 | 17.2 |
1876 | 19.2 | 1887 | 16.9 |
1877 | 18.7 | 1888 | 16.9 |
1878 | 18.5 | 1889 | 17.1 |
1879 | 18.0 | 1890 | 17.6 |
1880 | 18.1 | 1891 | 17.7 |
1881 | 18.1 | 1892 | 17.4 |
The fall in the marriage rate during recent years can be appreciated by reference to the
accompanying diagram (I.). The marriage rate of England in the period 1871-80 ranged between 14'4
and 17'6 ; in the period 1881-90, between 14.2 and 15.5; in 1891, the marriage rate was 15'6, and in
1892, 15 4.
With the full of the marriage rate there was in 1891, as eompared with previous census years, a relative decrease in the proportion of young married men resident in London, as will be seen in the following table—
Married males. | Unmarried males. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aged 15 and upwards. | Aged 15 to 25. | per cent. | Aged 15 and upwards. | Aged 15 to 25. | per cent. | |
1851 | 399,098 | 22,674 | 5.7 | 295,446 | 184,179 | 62.3 |
1861 | 481,386 | 28,144 | 5.8 | 324,689 | 214,060 | 65.9 |
1871 | 536,788 | 33,095 | 5.9 | 380,763 | 253,577 | 66.6 |
1881 | 641,808 | 39,632 | 6.1 | 462,550 | 307,849 | 66.5 |
1891 | 705,865 | 38,699 | 5.5 | 539,151 | 352,539 | 66.2 |
It is, however, noteworthy that the marriages of minors constitute, in successive decennia, an increasing proportion of total marriages. This is shown in the following table—
Marriages of minors per cent, of total marriages in London. | ||
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Men. | Women. | |
1851-60 | 2.77 | 11.95 |
1861-70 | 3.56 | 14.56 |
1871-80 | 4.71 | 16.90 |
1881-90 | 5.53 | 18.91 |