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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Water supply.— There are three taps and sinks, one in basement and one on ground floor
and second floor respectively.
Washhouse.—There is one for the use of all tenants.
No. (b). Four tenants, one on each floor. Rents, 6s. 6d., 7s., and 9s. a week.
Water-closet accommodation.— One in the yard and one at end of passage on ground floor.
Water supply.—There is a tap and sink in washhouse in basement, one in passage of ground
floor, and one between first and second floors.
Washhouse.— At basement level for use of all tenants.
No. (c). Five tenants, one each on basement, ground and first floors, and two on top floor.
The accommodation is the same as in above houses, except that there is no water-tap higher
than ground-floor level.
Rents, 3s., 6s., 6s. 6d., and 7s. a week.
Merrow-street, Southwark.— There are some twelve three-storey houses in this street. Two
rooms oil a floor with a back addition washhouse at rear on ground floor.
No. (a). In this house one tenant holds the house and sublets ; in all there are five separate
occupiers.
One washhouse, one water-closet, and one water-tap, all in the yard, for common use.
Darwin-street, Southwark.— A street of three-storey houses with back addition buildings.
Each contains eight rooms and a washhouse.
No. (a). One tenant occupies the house and sublets three rooms to two separate lodgers, viz., the—
(а) The top floor.
(b) The first-floor front room.
Water-closet accommodation.— Two ; one in yard and one on first floor.
Water supply and washhouse accommodation.— There is one water-tap and a sink under it on
first floor, and another on ground floor. One washhouse.
No. (b). Similar accommodation as above. Occupants consist of four tenants.
Marcia-road, Southwark.— This road contains houses three storeys high and having back
additions two storeys in height. About eighty houses in all. They have each eight rooms.
No. (a). This house is occupied by one tenant, who sublets part to two other families. The sanitary
accommodation consists of—
One water-closet situated in the yard.
A washhouse in the back addition on the ground-floor level.
One water-supply tap placed in the washhouse.
Nos. (b), (c) and (d) are each of them similar houses to the above, and are provided with the same
sanitary accommodation.
No. (e). A similar house, except that the washhoifse also serves as the kitchen of the tenant who
occupies the house, end who sublets the top floor and the first floor to two other tenants.
Northampton-street, Southwark.— The houses here are three storeys high and have back
addition buildings on the ground and first floors.
No. (a). One tenant takes the house and sublets to two others the top and first floors respectively.
There is one water-closet situated in the yard.
The washhouse is on ground floor and is approached from the back addition kitchen.
There are two water-taps, one in the washhouse and one in the yard.
No. (b). This house is occupied by five tenants, or a total of seventeen persons, five of whom are
children under five years of age. There are eight rooms in the house. Some are single-room
tenements.
There is only one water-closet, which is situated in the yard.
The water-tap is in the yard.
There is no proper washhouse.
Flinton-street, Southwark.— In this road is a single row of houses three storeys in height
with back addition buildings two storeys high, and containing eight rooms.
No. (a). Let in floors, three occupants, at rents of 7s., 8s. 6d., and 8s. a week.
The washhouse is in the back addition building off the kitchen.
There are two water-closets, one on first floor and one in the yard.
There are two taps, one in the washhouse and one on the first floor.
Aldlridqe-street, Southwark.— A long street containing houses of three storeys and two
storey back addition buildings. Some eighty to one hundred houses.
No. (a). This house is occupied by one tenant, who sublets the top and first floor to two other
tenants.
There are two water-closets, one on the first floor and one in the yard.
The washhouse is in the yard.
There are two water-taps, one in the washhouse and one on the first floor.
No. (b). Occupied by one tenant, who sublets to two others, each occupying a floor.
The sanitary accommodation is as in above house.
Giffen-street, Deptford.— This is a street off the High-street, having houses three storeys
high on either side. These are all of the tenement class and they are let in floors or in single
rooms. In some cases the rooms are let furnished by the night.
No. (a). Occupied by four tenants, one each on the top and first floors and two on the ground floor.
There is no washhouse, nor a copper.
One water-closet and one water-tap are provided in the yard.
The rents paid are 2s. 3d., 2s. 9d., 3s. 6d. and 3s. a week.
No. (b). Occupied by one tenant, who retains the two ground floor rooms and sublets to three
lodgers three single rooms.
The washhouse is a wooden building in the yard.
There are one water-closet and one water-tap, both situated in the yard.
No. (c). Occupied by three tenants, one on each floor of two rooms each.
There is no washhouse provision. The water-closet and the water-tap are both situated in the
yard.
The rents are 3s. 9d., 4s. and 4s. 6d. a week each.
No. (d). Let in furnished rooms by the week. All single-room, tenants. Rents, 4s., 4s. 6d. and
6s. a week.
There are a water-closet and a watr ta p in the yard.
The washhouse is a basement room.