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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1913.
Homing of the Working Classes—Accounts.
F.-SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS.
| Dwellings | Borough | Accom-modation (persons) (*) | Persons in occu-pation 31st March 1914. | Date of opening. | Aggregate Capital Expenditure to 31st March, 1914. | Aggregate Balance on Revenue Account, lst April. 1913. Surplus ( + ) Deficiency (—). | Result of Year's Working. Surplus (+ ) Deficiency (—) (page xlviii, col. 20). | Aggregate Balance on Revenue Account, 31st March, 1914. Surplus ( + ) Deficiency (—). | Accumulations of Sinking Fund to 31st March, 1914, (including proceeds of Sales). | Repairs and Renewals Fund. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Unspent Accumulationf on 1st April, 1913. | 1913-14. | Unspent Accumulations on 31stMarch, 1914. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Revenue Account (page xiviii., col. 12) | Actual Expenditure. | Difference,being further amount set aside. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Land. | Buildings. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part I. | 1.—Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Doundary-street | Bethnal Green and Shored itch | 5,380 | 4,444 | 1895-1900 | 62,010 | - | - | 275,526 | 6 | - | 337,536 | 6 | - | + 24,073 | 3 | 2 | + 2,370 | 4 | 8 | + 26,443 | 7 | 10 | 48,999 | 10 | 2 | 15,820 | 5 | - | 6,112 | 2 | 8 | 7,802 | 14 | 10 | 1,690 | 12 | 2 | 14,129 | 12 | 10 |
| Cable-street | Stepney | 798 | 610 | 1896, 1901 | 3,660 | - | - | 37,592 | 8 | 7 | 41,252 | 8 | 7 | + 1,932 | 3 | 6 | + 193 | 1 | - | + 2,125 | 4 | 6 | 6,613 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sholton-street | Holborn | 284 | 231 | 1896 | 5,100 | - | - | 19,292 | 7 | 5 | 24,392 | 7 | 5 | + 363 | 3 | 7 | + 91 | 10 | - | + 454 | 13 | 7 | 4,438 | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Millbank (proportion) | Westminster (City) | 1,536 | 1,035 | 1899-1902 | 11,906 | 12 | - | 70,390 | 13 | 1 | 82,297 | 5 | 1 | + 14,292 | 16 | 1 | + 1,198 | 2 | 11 | + 15,490 | 19 | - | 8,417 | 17 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Churchway | St. Pancras | 832 | 614 | 1901-2 | 8,550 | - | - | 39,126 | 14 | 47,676 | 14 | - | + 8,058 | 2 | 2 | + 658 | 15 | 1 | + 8,716 | 17 | 3 | 4,396 | 9 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Hardy | Greenwich | 306 | 234 | 1901 | 1,000 | - | - | 12,298 | 9 | - | 13,298 | 9 | - | -1,034 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | - 1,055 | 6 | - | 1,243 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||||
| Duke's-rourt (proportion) | Westminster (City) | 458 | 347 | 1902 | 4,200 | - | - | 19,193 | 16 | 1 | 23,393 | 16 | 1 | + 2,982 | 4 | 10 | + 263 | 11 | 8 | + 3,245 | 16 | 6 | 2,101 | 17 | - | |||||||||||||||
| York-street (proportion) | Westminster (City) | 293 | 220 | 1903 | 3,000 | - | - | 12,950 | 6 | 7 | 15,950 | 6 | 7 | + 1,285 | 9 | 8 | + 128 | 17 | 5 | + 1,414 | 7 | 1 | 1,232 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Preston s-road (proportion) | Poplar | 268 | 186 | 1904 | 1,433 | 14 | 1 | 11,412 | 17 | 5 | 12,846 | 11 | 6 | — 2,706 | 8 | 1 | — 219 | 19 | 7 | — 2,926 | 7 | 8 | 894 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| St. Luke's— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wenlake | Finsbury | 496 | 353 | 1905 | 5,000 | - | - | 19,774 | 2 | 7 | 24,774 | 2 | 7 | +1,751 | 3 | 3 | + 212 | 15 | 4 | + 1,963 | 18 | 7 | 1,535 | 18 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Chadworth | Finsbury | 720 | 572 | 1907 | 8,000 | - | - | 36,004 | 14 | 2 | 44,004 | 14 | 2 | + 897 | 3 | 6 | + 172 | 5 | 5 | + 1,069 | 8 | 11 | 2,169 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Clerkenwell and Holbora— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mallory | Finsbury | 164 | 110 | 1906 | 1,620 | - | - | 11,479 | 2 | 3 | 13,099 | 2 | 3 | + 780 | 16 | 10 | + 125 | 7 | 8 | + 906 | 4 | 6 | 703 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Nigel, etc. | Holborn | 1,260 | 895 | 1908 | 14,550 | - | - | 72,719 | 8 | 6 | 87,269 | 8 | 6 | + 238 | 7 | 10 | + 241 | 3 | 11 | + 479 | 11 | 9 | 3,408 | 14 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Webber-row | Southwark | 1,143 | 804 | 1906-7 | 9,750 | - | - | 43,041 | 8 | 1 | 52,791 | 8 | 1 | + 4,268 | 19 | 5 | + 809 | 13 | 8 | + 5,078 | 13 | 1 | 2,646 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Dwellings on sites compulsorily appropriated for rehousing, on the working of which a deficiency was anticipatedowingto the character or situation of thesite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brook-street | Stepney | 308 | 236 | 1894, 1900 | 1,800 | - | - | 15,314 | - | 9 | 17,114 | - | 9 | -2,030 | 3 | 11 | - 56 | 12 | 8 | - 2,086 | 16 | 7 | 2,951 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Goldsmith's-row | Shoreditch | 144 | 106 | 1895 | 1,000 | 7,128 | 8 | 11 | 8,128 | 8 | 11 | -569 | 14 | 2 | - 27 | 12 | 2 | - 597 | 6 | 4 | 1,609 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hughes-fields cottages | Greenwich | 666 | 507 | 1895 | 3,720 | - | - | 35,756 | 1 | 1 | 39,476 | 1 | 1 | - 10,669 | 5 | 2 | - 537 | - | 5 | - 11,206 | 5 | 7 | 7,917 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Difference between totals of debt charges on cash and stock basis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + 2,305 | 19 | 4 | + 2,305 | 19 | 4 | 17,980 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cranley | Holborn | 60 | 47 | 1897 | 750 | - | - | 3,017 | 8 | 10 | 3,767 | 8 | 10 | + 652 | 4 | 5 | + 37 | 17 | 3 | + 690 | 1 | 8 | 506 | 7 | 11 | 2,359 | 19 | - | 593 | - | 741 | 15 | 6 | 148 | 15 | 6 | 2,211 | 3 | 6 | |
| Borough-road | Southwark | 400 | 292 | 1900 | 5,000 | - | - | 24,014 | 4 | l | 29,014 | 4 | 1 | + 1,029 | 10 | 9 | + 90 | - | 10 | + 1,119 | 11 | 7 | 3,198 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Cobham | Southwark | 279 | 202 | 1900 | 2,100 | - | - | 13,007 | 1 | 5 | 15,107 | 1 | 5 | + 1,419 | 1 | - | + 115 | 9 | 2 | + 1,534 | 10 | 2 | 1,553 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Ann-street | Poplar | 630 | 429 | 1901-2 | 2,260 | - | - | 23,812 | 4 | 8 | 26,072 | 4 | 8 | - 733 | 5 | 7 | + 135 | 8 | 3 | - 597 | 17 | 4 | 2,324 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sylva | Deptford | 144 | 88 | 1903 | 1,000 | - | - | 5,053 | 7 | 7 | 6,053 | 7 | 7 | + 603 | 17 | 3 | + 47 | 14 | 8 | + 651 | 11 | 11 | 481 | 17 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Difference between totals of debt charges on cash and stock basis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + 101 | 19 | 10 | + 101 | 19 | 10 | 123 | - | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part III. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dwellings. | 17,318 | 1 | 7 | 10,980 | 19 | 3 | 10,171 | 6 | 5 | 809 | 12 | 10 | 18,127 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parker-street House | Holborn | 346 | 345 | 1893 | 3,750 | - | - | 23,159 | 9 | - | 26,909 | 9 | - | + 694 | 6 | 7 | + 110 | 5 | 2 | + 804 | 11 | 9 | 115,510 | 16 | - | |||||||||||||||
| Carrington House | Deptford | 814 | 505 | 1903 | 2,200 | - | - | 54,936 | 17 | 7 | 57,136 | 17 | 7 | - 13,685 | - | 3 | - 1,324 | 19 | 7 | - 15,009 | 19 | 10 | 4,405 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Duffer in-street | Finsbury | 174 | 137 | 1892 | 1 900 | - | - | 4,714 | 10 | 11 | 6,614 | 10 | 11 | - 82 | 12 | 6 | + 17 | - | 4 | - 65 | 12 | 2 | 1,481 | - | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Rushworth (late Green) street and Boyfield-street | Southwark | 418 | 301 | 1897 | 3,860 | - | - | 21,074 | 18 | 4 | 24,934 | 18 | 4 | - 82 | 12 | 3 | + 141 | 7 | 7 | + 2,270 | 2 | 10 | 3,850 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Millbank (proportion) | Westminster (City) | 230 | 155 | 1899-1902 | 2,411 | 14 | 5 | 10,540 | 5 | 3 | 12,951 | 19 | 8 | + 1,976 | 8 | 3 | + 157 | 5 | 10 | + 2,133 | 14 | 1 | 1,331 | - | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Holmwood | Southwark | 72 | 45 | 1900 | 450 | - | - | 4,777 | 13 | 6 | 5,227 | 13 | 6 | - 309 | 5 | - | - 16 | 9 | - | - 325 | 14 | - | 580 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Tottcrdown-fields | Wanda worth | 8,729 | 4,807 | 1903-11 | **77606 | - | 9 | 317,646 | - | 2 | 395,252 | - | 11 | + 2,881 | 13 | 8 | + 2,306 | 9 | 10 | + 5,188 | 3 | 6 | 21,909 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Preston's-road (proportion) | Poplar | 1,030 | 714 | 1904 | 5,516 | 5 | 11 | 33,552 | 19 | 10 | 39,069 | 5 | 9 | - 6,690 | 7 | 11 | - 439 | 11 | 3 | - 7,129 | 19 | 2 | 2,768 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Hughes-ields dwellings (proportion) | Deptford and Greenwich | 440 | 306 | 1904 | 855 | 6 | 8 | 16,374 | 12 | 9 | 17,229 | 19 | 5 | - 2,068 | 14 | 4 | - 129 | 17 | 3 | - 2,198 | 11 | 7 | 1,128 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| White Hart-lane | Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton (U.D.C.) | 6,883 | 3,403 | 1904-14 | **52,404 | - | - | 195,010 | 18 | - | 247,414 | 18 | - | - 4,180 | 19 | 4 | + 1,568 | 19 | 2 | - 2,612 | - | 2 | 13,084 | - | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Wessex | Islington | 1,050 | 743 | 1904-5 | 11,818 | 13 | 2 | 46 060 | 9 | 11 | 57,879 | 3 | 1 | - 953 | 6 | 5 | + 214 | 13 | 10 | - 738 | 12 | 7 | 4,072 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Norbury | Croydon | 3,472 | 1,734 | 1906-12 | **35,338 | - | - | 127,096 | 11 | 2 | 162,434 | 11 | 2 | - 469 | 9 | 1 | + 590 | 11 | 10 | + 121 | 2 | 9 | 6,290 | 16 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Caledonian-road | Islington | 1,384 | 1,010 | 1906 | 15,763 | 12 | 7 | 53,192 | - | 8 | 68,955 | 13 | 2 | + 976 | - | 6 | + 559 | 4 | 3 | + 1,535 | 4 | 9 | 4,115 | - | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Briscoe | Lambeth | 718 | 378 | 1906 | 7,154 | 7 | 2 | 27,971 | 17 | 1 | 35 126 | 4 | 3 | - 1,544 | 18 | 1 | + 2 | 11 | 3 | - 1,542 | 6 | 10 | 1,955 | - | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Old Oak | Hammersmith | 2,124 | 1,188 | 1912-14 | **19,957 | - | - | † 33,595 | 4 | 9 | † 53,552 | 4 | 9 | - 44 | 15 | 11 | + 644 | 12 | 6 | + 599 | 16 | 7 | 992 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Difference between totals of debt charges on cash and stock basis | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + 603 | 2 | 7 | + 603 | 2 | 7 | 2,831 | 18 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total—Dwellings | .. | - | 28,333 | - | 398,395 | 6 | 9 | 1,777,610 | - | - | 2,176,005 | 6 | 9 | + 25,521 | 12 | 5 | + 13,443 | 7 | 8 | + 38,965 | - | 1 | 167,7915 | 15 | 6 | 35,493 | 5 | 7 | 17,686 | 1 | 11 | 18,715 | 16 | 9 | 1,029 | 14 | 10 | 34,468 | 10 | 9 |
| Interest on cash balances | - | - | + 3,527 | 1 | 11 | + 764 | 13 | 1 | + 4,291 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 398,395 | 6 | 9 | 1,777,610 | - | - | 2,176,005 | 6 | 9 | + 29,048 | 14 | 4 | + 14,208 | - | 9 | + 43,256 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Dwellings in course of erection — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part I. | - | 1,858 | - | 1 | 1,858 | - | 1 | - 6,613 | 17 | 1 | - 32 | - | 4 | - 6,645 | 17 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Part III. | - | - | - | - 5,601 | 17 | 3 | - | - 5,601 | 17 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1,858 | - | 1 | 1,858 | - | 1 | - 12,215 | 14 | 4 | - 32 | - | 4 | -12,247 | 14 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| 398,395 | 6 | 9 | 1,779,468 | - | 1 | 2,177,863 | 6 | 10 | + 16,833 | - | - | + 14,176 | - | 5 | + 31,009 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Dividends (less expenses of investment) and interest (Repairs and Renewals' Fund) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8,194 | 9 | 2 | - | - 1,338 | 8 | 2 | 1,338 | 8 | 2 | 9,532 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PART III. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estates in course of development | ‡§ 100,511 | 9 | 9 | - | 7 §100,511 | 9 | 9 | - 78,255 | 2 | 2 | - 2,432 | 4 | 11 | - 80,687 | 7 | 1 | 21,628 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 498,906 | 16 | 1 | 1,779,468 | - | 1 | 2,278,374 | 16 | 7 | - 61,422 | 2 | 2 | + 11,743 | 15 | 6 | - 49,678 | 6 | 8 | ¶189,423 | 15 | 11 | 43,692 | 14 | 9 | 17,686 | 1 | 11 | 17,377 | 8 | 7 | 308 | 13 | 4 | 44,001 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 49,678 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* The accommodation is arrived at generally by calculating two persons to a room. The enumeration in March 1914 showed an average of 1.28 persons per room.
£32,287; Norbury, £20,656; Old Oak, £10,174. † After deducting expenditure of £43,204 -s. 10d. met out of the Acquisition of Lands Fund, ‡ After ddeducting expenditure of £12,120 3s. 11d. as in note †. § White Hart-lane £78,650 19s. 3d.; Norbury £1,991 17s. 6d.; Old Oak
£19,863 13s. Thesse figures represent the balance of the cost of land and development not yet transferred to the accounts of the dwellings ‡ After deducting expenditure of £12,120 3s. lid. as in note t. § White Hart-lane £<8,6o0 19s. 3d.; Norbury 1,-91 I.n. 6d.. Old Oak
of the amount applied in repayment of debt (Consolidated Loans Fund Advances £5,146 8s. 3d.) u>vtjiiin0s. Including proceeds of sales. ¶ The total accumulations (£189,423 l5s. 11d.) shown in this column do not take account