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London County Council 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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follows each °f the above the washhouse and water-closet accommodation and water supply are ai
There is one water-closet in the yard.
The ground-floor back addition room has a copper, and serves as washhouse for all tenant*
Here also is placed a water-tap and sink for the use of all.
*Crown-street, Camberwell.— A short street of three-storey houses with back addition buildings.
All tenemented.
No. (a). There are five separate tenants in this house occupying single rooms and two rooms.
W ater-closet accommodation.— One in the yard.
Scullery and wa,ter supply.— There are three taps and sinks, one in the ground-floor, one in
first-floor, and one in second-floor back addition rooms respectively. The first and second floor
back addition rooms are only available for the two tenants occupying them. The others make us»
of the water supply and scullery sink in the ground-floor room, which is common to all tenants.
Washhouse.— In the ground-floor back addition room a copper is provided, and is available to
all tenants.
No. (b). There are three tenants, here, making nine persons in all.
The water-closet and washhouse accommodation and the water supply are the same as in
No. (a).
No. (c). Occupied by two tenants, one having four rooms, one having two. Eleven persons in all
Water-closet accommodation.-— One in yard.
Water supply, sink, and washhouse.— The ground-floor, back addition room has water-tap
and sink, and is fitted with a copper. This room is for common use.
Rents, first floor, two rooms, 4s. 6d. a week ; ground and top floors, four rooms, 9s. a week
*Sultan-street, Camberwell.— A street containing some seventy houses of three storeys each.
It is a typical street of tenement houses. The houses are all of the same class and have the same
accommodation. The following are examples—
No. (a). Contains six rooms, two on a floor, and a back addition room at end of passage on
ground floor, throngh which the yard at rear is approached.
There are two tenants, one of these takes the whole house and sublets three rooms to the other
tenant.
Water-closet accommodation.— There is one in yard.
Water supply.— One tap in yard.
Washhouse.— The back addition room on ground floor is fitted up with a copper, and here also
is a sink.
No. (b). This is similar to above house, but in this case there are three tenants, but one occupies
four rooms (first and seoond floors) and the others each one room.
No. (c). Similar house and accommodation. Two tenants, each three rooms.
Peckjiam-park-road, Camberwell.— This is a long road with a varying class of house,
mostly two storeys.
No. (a). This is a three-storey house with basement. It is occupicd by one tenant, who sublets
first floor to a lodger.
The washhouse is situated in the basement, and in it is placed the water-tap.
The water-closet is in the yard.
No. (b). This is a similar house, and with the same accommodation. It is occupied by one tenant,
who sublets part to one other.
Gye-street, Lambeth.—There are three-storey houses on one side of this street. They all
have three-storey back addition buildings.
No. (a). Let in floors and occupied by three tenants.
Each floor has a separate water-closet, water-supply tap, and sink.
There is a washhouse, available for the use of all, in the yard.
All these houses are similar, as well as houses on one side of Italian-walk at the back of this
row.
Auckland-street, Lambeth.—Contains houses three storeys high with two-storey back
addition buildings.
No. (a). Let in floors, except one room, which is a single room tenement. Occupied by four
tenants.
The sanitary accommodation consists of—
One water-closet in the yard.
A washhouse in the yard.
A water-tap and sink in the washhouse.
No. (b). Occupied by one tenant, who sublets the first floor and the top floor to two tenants.
There is a washhouse and water-closet in the yard.
The water-tap and a sink are provided in the washhouse.
Jonathan-street, Lambeth.— There is a row of three-storey houses here.
No. (a). Is occupied by one tenant who sublets part to one other lodger.
The water-closet and washhouse are both placed in the yard.
There is a water-tap and sink in the washhouse.
No- (b). One tenant occupies the house and sublets the three front rooms to three other tenants.
The house has been provided with water supply and washhouse accommodation on each floor.
There is one water-closet in the yard.
V auxhall-walk, Lambeth.—
No. (a). A three-storey house, occupied by one tenant who sublets the top and first floors to two
other tenants respectively.
The water-closet and washhouse are both situated in the yard.
There is a water-tap and sink in the washhouse.
No. (b). A similar house to above. It is occupied by three tenants.
Boyson-road, Southwark.— This contains houses with three storeys and half-basement doors.
Two rooms on a floor, but at basement level there is a third back addition room which is the washhouse.
Water supply and sinks are found usually at the basement and ground floor levels and on
stairs between first and second floors.
No. (a). Four tenants, one on each floor.
Water-closet accommodation.— One is provided at end of passage on ground floor, and one
in the yard.