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London County Council 1903

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

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The water-tap is placed in the washhouse.
The water-closet is situated in the yard.
No. (b). Is a similar house, having the same sanitary accommodation.
No. (c). Similar kind of house. The two rooms on top floor are sublet. Sanitary accommodation
as in above houses.
No. (d). Occupied by three tenants, each two rooms, except one who takes the house and reserves
, four rooms.
Sanitary accommodation as above.
Caledonian-road, Islington.— This is a main road with a varying class of house.
No. (a). Contains three storeys and a basement. One tenant occupies the house, and sublets
part unfurnished to two other tenants, each occupying single rooms.
There is one water-closet, situated in the passage on ground floor.
The back basement room is fitted up as. washhouse with a copper, and here is placed the watersupply
tap with a sink under it.
No. (b). Three-storey house with basement. One tenant occupies the house and sublets the top
floor two rooms to one lodger, and the two rooms on the first floor to two other lodgers.
There are a water-closet and water-tap in the yard.
The back basement room is the washhouse. and is supplied with a water-tap and scullery sink.
Wharf dale-street, Islington.— This road contains houses three storeys high and having
basements. There are two rooms on each floor.
No. (a). Four tenants, one on each floor, occupving two rooms each.
The washhouse is a wooden building in the yard.
There are two water-taps, one in the washhouse and one with a sink underneath it on the
ground floor.
There is one water-closet in yard.
No. (b). This house is let in single-room tenements ; six tenants at presentThere
is one water-closet.
The back basement room serves as the washhouse, and here is placed the water-tap for supply
ing the whole house. There is also a sink here.
No. (c). One tenant occupies the house and sublets rooms to three lodgers.
There are one water-closet, one water-tap, and a washhouse, all situated in the yard.
Danvers-street, Chelsea.—- This road contains houses having three storeys and basement
floors.
No. (a). This house is occupied by one tenant, who sublets the basement, first floor and second
floor to three others. The sanitary accommodation consists of—
Two water-closets, one in the yard and one on the ground floor.
Two water-supply taps and sinks, one in the washhouse and one on the first floor.
A washhouse in the basement.
Mil man-street, Chelsea.— This street contains houses having three storeys and basement
floors.
No. (a). This is an old three-storey house. It is let in single and two-room tenements, and
contains two rooms on each floor. There are at present four tenants, consisting of ten persons and
three children.
There are one water-closet and one water-sunnly tap in the yard.
The washhouse is a back addition building in the yard.
No. (b). Contains three storeys and a basement floor. It is occupied by three tenants, one occupying
two floors.
There are two water-closets, one in the yard and one on the ground floor.
There are two water-supply taps, one on the staircase, but no sink is provided, and the other
in the yard.
The washhouse is a small building in the yard.
No. (c). This is a similar house. It is let in floors, and is occupied by four tenants. The rent of
the ground floor is 6s. 6d. a week.
There are two water-closets, one in yard and one on ground floor.
The water-supply tap is placed in the yard.
The washhouse is in yard.
Gilray-square, Chelsea.— A considerable number of houses all of practically the same class,
and with similar accommodation. They contain three storeys and basements. The back yards
are at the basement level.
No. (a). Let in floors and occupied by four tenants.
The sanitary accommodation provided consists of two water-closets, one situated in the yard,
the other on the ground floor.
A water-tap in the front area.
, A washhouse in the yard.
Herbert-street, Shoreditch.— Contains houses of three storeys with basement and attic floors.
No. (a). This house is occupied by one tenant, who sublets part to three lodgers.
The water-closet is on the ground floor, and is approached from the passage.
There is one water-tap in the yard, and the washhouse is a wooden structure in the yard.
No. (b). Occupied by four tenants. One each on the basement, first and second floors, and one on
ground and attic floors. There are fifteen persons living here, including children.
There is one water-closet, one water-tap, and a washhouse, all situated in the yard.
Rents, 7s., 9s. 6d., 8s. and 7s. 6d. a week.
No. (c). One tenant occupies the house and sublets the first and second floors to two lodgers
respectively. There are sixteen persons in the house, including children.
There is one water-closet in the yard.
Two water-taps, one in the back basement room, one in the yard.
There is no proper washhouse, the back basement room serves for the purpose.
Crondall-street, Shoreditch.—
No. (a). Consists of ground, first and second floors, containing seven roomB. One tenant takes
the house and sublets three rooms to one lodger.
There is one water-closet in the yard and a washhouse. The water-supply tap is provided in
the washhouse, in which is also placed a sink.