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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Housing of the Working Classes—Statistics.
11.—Population of the Council's Dwellings According to the Enumeration taken in March, 1914.
| Dwellings. | Metropolitan Borough. | Accommodation. | Number of per-eons in occupation (including children). | Number of children under 14 years of age in dwellings. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenements. | Rooms. | Eoys. | Girls. | |||
| Ann-street dwellings | Poplar | 135 | 315 | 429 | 63 | 70 |
| Barnaby-buildings | Berraondsey | 80 | 200 | 330 | 60 | 68 |
| Battersea-bridge-building3 | Battersea | 69 | 143 | 201 | 38 | 28 |
| Bearcroft-buildings | Fulham | 40 | 110 | 115 | 17 | 17 |
| Bekesbou rne-buildings | Stepney | 75 | 190 | 246 | 30 | 41 |
| Borough-road-d wellings | Southwark | 84 | 200 | 292 | 42 | 51 |
| Boundary-street estate | Bethnal-gree | 1,044 | 2,690 | 4,444 | 842 | 809 |
| Bourne estate | Holborn | 537 | 1,321 | 1,862 | 274 | 265 |
| Brightlingsea-buildings | Stepney | 65 | 170 | 233 | 46 | 52 |
| Briscoe-buildings | Lambeth | 113 | 359 | 378 | 69 | 73 |
| Brook-street-dwellings | Stepney | 58 | 154 | 236 | 44 | 48 |
| Bruce-house | Westminster | .. | (a) 715 | 715 | .. | .. |
| Cable-street-dwellings | Stepney | 180 | 398 | 610 | 114 | 79 |
| Caledonian estate | Islington | 272 | 692 | 1,010 | 175 | 190 |
| Carrington-house | Deptford | .. | 505 | .. | .. | |
| Ohadworth-buildinga .. | Finsbury | 136 | 360 | 572 | 94 | 77 |
| Church way-dwellings | St. Pancras | 180 | 416 | 614 | 96 | 85 |
| Cobham-buildings | Southwark | 60 | 139 | 202 | 25 | 41 |
| Cotton-street-dwellings | Poplar | 70 | 180 | 236 | 33 | 39 |
| Council-buildings, Poplar | Poplar | 50 | 120 | 150 | 30 | 20 |
| Cianby-buildings | Holborn | . 12 | 30 | 47 | 10 | 4 |
| Darcy-buil dings | Hackney | 40 | 95 | 133 | 25 | 15 |
| Dufferin-street dwellings | Finsbury | 56 | 87 | 137 | 24 | 14 |
| Duke's-court-dwellings | Westminster | 130 | 305 | 462 | 61 | 62 |
| Durham-buildings | Battersea | 108 | 268 | 336 | 61 | 52 |
| East Greenwich-cottages | Greenwich | 78 | 232 | 313 | 66 | 58 |
| Goldsmiths'-row-cottages | Shoreditch | - 25 | 72 | 106 | 10 | 10 |
| Hardy-cottage3 | Greenwich | 51 | 153 | 234 | 48 | 71 |
| Herb rand-street-dwellings | Holborn | 160 | 340 | 549 | 96 | 92 |
| Holmwood-buildings | Southwark | 16 | 36 | 45 | 9 | 1 |
| Hughes-fields-cottages | Greenwich | 134 | 333 | 507 | 102 | 103 |
| Hughes-fields-dwellings | Deptford | 120 | 330 | 459 | 110 | 84 |
| Idenden-cottages | Greenwich | 50 | 200 | 248 | 52 | 42 |
| Mallory-buildings | Finsbury | 33 | 82 | ■ 110 | 13 | 8 |
| Millbank estate | Westminster | 895 | 2,215 | 2,986 | 460 | 454 |
| Norbury estate ; | Croydon | 472 | ,790 | 1,734 | 305 | 288 |
| (6)01d Oak estate | Hammersmit | 304 | 1,079 | 1,183 | 247 | 210 |
| Parker-street-house | Holborn | .. • | (a 345 | 345 | .. | .. |
| Preston's-road estate | Poplar | 263 | 649 | 900 | 160 | 172 |
| Rushworth-street and Boyfield-street (late Green-street and Gun-street) dwellings | Southwark | 102 | 209 | 301 | 37 | . 47 |
| Shelton-street-dwellings | Holborn | 63 | 142 | 231 | 36 | 36 |
| Swan-lane-dwellinps | Bermondsey | 255 | 635 | 998 | 211 | 190 |
| Sylva-cottages Totterdown-fields estate | Deptford | 24 | 72 | 88 | 15 | 15 |
| Wandsworth | 1,261 | 4,496 | 4,807 | 937 | 886 | |
| tJnion-buildings | Holborn | 227 | 630 | 895 | 133 | 150 |
| Valette-buildings | Hackney | 80 | 208 | 286 | 43 | 44 |
| Wands worth-road-d wellings | Lambeth | 47 | 118 | 148 | 24 | 23 |
| Webber-row estate | Southwark | 220 | 574 | 804 | 132 | 135 |
| Wenlake-buildings | Finsbury | 86 | 248 | 353 | 44 | 38 |
| Wessex-buildings | Islington | 225 | 525 | 743 | 110 | 121 |
| (6)White Hart-lane estate | Tottenham | 881 | 3,444 | 3,403 | 641 | 646 |
| York-street dwellings | Westminster | 80 | 195 | 293 | 43 | 49 |
| Totals | 9,746 | 29,823 (c) | 37,569 | 6,357 | 6,173 | |
(a) Cubicles (including those occupied by staff).
(b) New cottages were opened at these estates during the year.
(c) Including 1,874 cubicles at lodging houses.