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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Lambeth—Population, 301,895; total tenements, 70,887.
Tenements with | No. 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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No. of 1 to 4 roomed tenements with more than 2 occupants per room. | No. of occupants of such tenements. | Percentage of population in such tenements. | ||||||
1 room | 10,058 | 14.2 | 18,932 | 6.3 | 1.88 | 2,258 | 7,882 | 2.61 |
2 rooms | 12,311 | 17.4 | 40,073 | 13.3 | 1.63 | 2,543 | 14,590 | 4.83 |
3 ,, | 12,120 | 17.1 | 47,255 | 15.7 | 1.30 | 1,229 | 9,467 | 314 |
4 „ | 10,006 | 14.1 | 46,924 | 15.5 | 1.17 | 518 | 4,965 | 1.64 |
Total | 44,495 | 62.8 | 153,184 | 50.8 | — | 6,548 | 36,904 | 12.22 |
Lewisham—Population, 127,495; total tenements, 27,701. | ||||||||
1 room | 970 | 35 | 1,488 | 1.2 | 1.53 | 130 | 439 | 0.34 |
2 rooms | 1,720 | 6.2 | 4,582 | 3.6 | 1.33 | 168 | 960 | 0.75 |
3 „ | 2,490 | 9.0 | 8,550 | 6.7 | 1.14 | 132 | 1,007 | 0.79 |
4 „ | 3,381 | 12.2 | 14,308 | 11.2 | 1.06 | 105 | 1,010 | 079 |
Total . | 8,561 | 30.9 | 28,928 | 22.7 | — | 535 | 3,416 | 2.67 |
Paddington—Population, 143,976; total tenements, 33,661. | ||||||||
1 room | 5,035 | 15.0 | 9,233 | 6.4 | 1.83 | 1,035 | 3,694 | 2.57 |
2 rooms | 6,668 | 19.8 | 22,596 | 15.7 | 1.69 | 1,585 | 9,406 | 6.53 |
3 „ | 6,548 | 19.5 | 24,933 | 17.3 | 1.27 | 607 | 4,695 | 3.26 |
4 „ | 3,564 | 10.6 | 16,470 | 11.4 | 116 | 177 | 1,736 | 1.21 |
Total | 21,815 | 64.9 | 73,232 | 50.8 | — | 3,404 | 19,531 | 13.57 |
Poplar—Population, 168,822; total tenements, 35,787. | ||||||||
1 room | 3,935 | 11.0 | 8,274 | 4.9 | 210 | 1,187 | 4,213 | 2.50 |
2 rooms | 6,450 | 18.0 | 21,896 | 13.0 | 1.70 | 1,419 | 8,237 | 4.88 |
3 „ | 8,270 | 23.1 | 35,499 | 21.0 | 1.43 | 1,173 | 9,116 | 5.40 |
4 „ | 7,561 | 21.1 | 39,828 | 23.6 | 1.32 | 635 | 6,134 | 3.63 |
Total | 26,216 | 73.2 | 105,497 | 62.5 | — | 4,414 | 27,700 | 16.41 |
St. Martlebohe—Population, 133,301; total tenements, 31,623. | ||||||||
1 room | 8,312 | 26.3 | 16,408 | 12.3 | 197 | 2,052 | 7,529 | 5.65 |
2 rooms | 8,246 | 26.1 | 29,507 | 22.1 | 1.79 | 2,319 | 13,861 | 10.40 |
3 „ | 4,185 | 13.2 | 17,755 | 13.3 | 1'41 | 637 | 5,079 | 3.81 |
4 ,, | 2,204 | 7.0 | 10,483 | 7.9 | 119 | 172 | 1,678 | 1.26 |
Total | 22,947 | 72.6 | 74,153 | 55.6 | — | 5,180 | 28,147 | 21.12 |
St. Pancras—Population, 235,317; total tenements, 57,045. | ||||||||
1 room | 13,417 | 23.5 | 27,464 | 11.7 | 2.05 | 3,578 | 13,103 | 5.57 |
2 rooms | 16,827 | 29.5 | 61,544 | 26.2 | 1.83 | 4,830 | 28,728 | 12.21 |
9,410 | 16.5 | 39,502 | 16.8 | 1.40 | 1,310 | 10,323 | 4.39 | |
4 „ | 5,369 | 9.4 | 27,280 | 11.6 | 1.27 | 440 | 4,269 | 1.81 |
Total | 45,023 | 78.9 | 155,790 | 66.3 | — | 10,158 | 56,423 | 23.98 |
Shoreditch—Population, 118,637; total tenements, 27,031. | ||||||||
1 room | 6,705 | 24.8 | 15,093 | 12 .7 | 2.25 | 2,305 | 8,335 | 7.03 |
2 rooms | 7,509 | 27.8 | 29,026 | 24.5 | 1.93 | 2,439 | 14,442 | 12.17 |
3 „ | 5,102 | 18.9 | 24,902 | 21.0 | 1.63 | 1,114 | 8,782 | 7.40 |
4 „ | 3,624 | 13.4 | 20,559 | 17.3 | 1.42 | 411 | 3,970 | 3.35 |
Total | 22,940' | 84.9 | 89,580 | 75.5 | — | 6,269 | 35,529 | 29.95 |