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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APPENDIX XI.
Housing Conditions.—Number and percentage of persons accommodated in tenements of various sizes in Metropolitan Boroughs, Census 1911.
| Metropolitan borough. | Tenements occupied by more than two persons per room. | Number of tenements of | Population in tenements of | Percentage of total population living in tenements of | Average number of persons per room in 1-9 room tenements. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Occupants. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number. | Per-centage of total population. | Children under ten years. | 1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | Over 4 rooms. | 1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | Over 4 rooms. | 1 room. | rooms. 3 rooms.. | 4 rooms. | Over 4 rooms. | ||||
| City of London | 282 | 1,648 | 8.4 | 566 | 489 | 979 | 871 | 614 | 811 | 843 | 2,891 | 2,926 | 2,339 | 4,409 | 4.3 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 11 .9 | 22.4 | 1.07 |
| Battersea | 3,275 | 21,814 | 13.0 | 8,906 | 3,260 | 5,664 | 10,004 | 8,804 | 11,707 | 5,750 | 18,081 | 39,044 | 41,381 | 59,997 | 3.4 | 10.8 | 23.3 | 24.7 | 35.7 | 1.09 |
| Bermondsey | 4,496 | 28,591 | 22.7 | 11,233 | 4,117 | 6,673 | 6,242 | 5,241 | 5,570 | 8,444 | 23,376 | 27,913 | 28,574 | 33,950 | 6.7 | 18.6 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 27.0 | 1.37 |
| Bethnal Green | 6,445 | 41,152 | 32.1 | 15,136 | 4,856 | 7,457 | 7,213 | 4,553 | 3,614 | 10,707 | 28,901 | 35,251 | 26,646 | 22,557 | 8.4 | 22.5 | 27.5 | 20.8 | 17.6 | 1.55 |
| Camberwell | 5,123 | 34,174 | 13.1 | 13,606 | 5,254 | 7,993 | 13,550 | 11,089 | 20,527 | 9,445 | 25,847 | 54,576 | 53,102 | 109,821 | 3.6 | 9.9 | 20.9 | 20.3 | 42.0 | 1.08 |
| Chelsea | 1,503 | 8,832 | 13.3 | 3,398 | 3,104 | 3,367 | 2,789 | 1,648 | 4,846 | 5,052 | 10,424 | 10,906 | 6,857 | 25,838 | 7.6 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 103 | 38.9 | 1.04 |
| Deptford | 1,966 | 13,185 | 12.0 | 5,273 | 1,869 | 3,354 | 5,859 | 5,048 | 8,844 | 3,627 | 10,633 | 22,742 | 23,727 | 47,046 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 42.9 | 1.07 |
| Finsbury | 5,727 | 33,917 | 38.6 | 12,402 | 5,880 | 7,160 | 4,028 | 1,865 | 2,178 | 12,625 | 29,060 | 20,416 | 10,217 | 12,890 | 14.4 | 33.1 | 23.2 | 11.6 | 14.6 | 1.62 |
| Fulham | 3,199 | 21,784 | 14.2 | 8,554 | 2,631 | 4,692 | 11,657 | 7,470 | 9,825 | 4,981 | 15,257 | 45,586 | 34,202 | 49,676 | 3.2 | 10.0 | 29.8 | i 22.3 | 32.4 | 1.09 |
| Greenwich | 1,518 | 10,828 | 11.3 | 4,407 | 1,323 | 2,475 | 4,400 | 4,453 | 7,871 | 2,201 | 7,421 | 18,215 | 21,426 | 40,548 | 2.3 | 7.7 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 42.3 | 1.05 |
| Hackney | 4,021 | 26,562 | 11.9 | 10,319 | 4,797 | 7,427 | 12,050 | 9,664 | 16,457 | 8,398 | 22,636 | 46,995 | 45,856 | 90,569 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 40.7 | 1.08 |
| Hammersmith | 2,574 | 16,212 | 13.3 | 6,363 | 3,264 | 4,806 | 6,166 | 4,644 | 9,352 | 5,751 | 15,600 | 24,178 | 20,670 | 47,984 | 4.7 | 12.9 | 19.9 | 17.0 | 39.5 | 1.06 |
| Hampstead | 881 | 5,547 | 6.5 | 2,214 | 1,248 | 2,369 | 2,910 | 1,782 | 9,821 | 1,997 | 7,054 | 10,783 | 7,234 | 51,401 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 12.6 | 8.5 | 60.1 | 0.86 |
| Holborn | 1,696 | 9,716 | 19 .7 | 3,434 | 2,398 | 3,447 | 2,177 | 1,999 | 1,563 | 4,945 | 11,412 | 8,713 | 4,295 | 8,616 | 10.0 | 23.1 | 17.7 | 8.7 | 17.5 | 1.29 |
| Islington | 10,592 | 62,789 | 19.2 | 23,774 | 14,181 | 19,269 | 17,220 | 10,919 | 17,885 | 27,227 | 66,157 | 69,932 | 52,714 | 97,497 | 8.3 | 20.2 | 21.4 | 16.1 | 29.8 | 1.21 |
| Kensington | 4,501 | 26,681 | 15.5 | 10,262 | 5,646 | 7,519 | 5,478 | 3,551 | 15,281 | 11,084 | 26,890 | 22,260 | 15,791 | 80,328 | 6.4 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 9.2 | 46.6 | 1 04 |
| Lambeth | 6,192 | 38,816 | 13.0 | 15,193 | 8,926 | 11,803 | 14,615 | 12,606 | 22,511 | 16,012 | 37,419 | 55,851 | 57,779 | 118.178 | 5.4 | 12.6 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 39.6 | 1.06 |
| Lewisham | 855 | 6,036 | 3.8 | 2,635 | 1,303 | 2,234 | 4,998 | 5,669 | 22,659 | 1,921 | 5,855 | 17,614 | 23,068 | 106,783 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 11.0 | 14.3 | 66.4 | 0.83 |
| Paddington | 3,535 | 20,885 | 14.7 | 8,157 | 5,159 | 6,620 | 7,247 | 4,198 | 9,824 | 9,255 | 22,321 | 27,816 | 17,698 | 51,951 | 6.5 | 15.7 | 19.5 | 12.4 | 36.4 | 1.10 |
| Poplar | 4,747 | 32,240 | 21.1 | 12,932 | 3,839 | 6,423 | 10,054 | 7,480 | 7,107 | 7,408 | 21,538 | 43,860 | 40,348 | 43,163 | 4.6 | 13.3 | 27.0 | 24.8 | 26.5 | 1.33 |
| St. Marylebone | 3,731 | 21,178 | 17.9 | 7,592 | 6,668 | 7,241 | 4,279 | 2,522 | 7,166 | 12,201 | 24,523 | 16,922 | 10,696 | 38,008 | 10.3 | 20.8 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 32.1 | 1.14 |
| St. Pancras | 8,875 | 51,214 | 23.5 | 19,043 | 11,452 | 15,568 | 10,421 | 5,890 | 8,979 | 22,486 | 55,963 | 43,284 | 28,541 | 50,461 | 10.3 | 25.6 | 19.8 | 131 | 23.1 | 1.32 |
| Shoreditch | 6,494 | 39,127 | 35.1 | 14,276 | 6,147 | 7,069 | 4,940 | 3,586 | 2,952 | 13,903 | 28,589 | 25,009 | 20,943 | 18,463 | 12.5 | 25.7 | 22.4 | 18.8 | 16.6 | 1.61 |
| Southwark | 7,712 | 46,800 | 24.4 | 17,738 | 8,773 | 11,749 | 10,932 | 6,515 | 6,259 | 17,305 | 42,180 | 48,752 | 34,583 | 38,389 | 9.0 | 22.0 | 25.4 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 1.42 |
| Stepney | 14,548 | 92,305 | 35.0 | 34,129 | 10,325 | 15,428 | 12,373 | 8,644 | 9,745 | 23,688 | 63,950 | 63,319 | 50,169 | 62,854 | 8.5 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 17.9 | 22.4 | 1.56 |
| Stoke Newington | 690 | 4,374 | 8.6 | 1,746 | 1,044 | 1,734 | 2,418 | 1,864 | 5,048 | 1,631 | 5,244 | 8,628 | 7,964 | 26,236 | 3.2 | 10.4 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 51.8 | 0.95 |
| Wandsworth | 2,567 | 18,673 | 6.0 | 7,602 | 2,846 | 4,530 | 13,207 | 13,832 | 35,402 | 4,480 | 12,454 | 49,350 | 58,707 | 172,902 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 15.9 | 18.9 | 55.5 | 0.89 |
| Westminster | 2,893 | 16,596 | 10.4 | 5,987 | 6,188 | 8,792 | 6,735 | 3,521 | 9,505 | 10,120 | 24,966 | 24,880 | 14,651 | 54,201 | 6.3 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 9.2 | 33.8 | 1.06 |
| Woolwich | 1,000 | 7,110 | 5.9 | 2,977 | 1,239 | 2,563 | 4,325 | 6,105 | 12,077 | 2,066 | 6,977 | 15,882 | 26,981 | 60,473 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 13.1 | 22.2 | 49.8 | 0.98 |
| London County | 121,638 | 758,786 | 16.8 | 289,854 | 138,226 | 196,405 | 219,158 | 164.776 | 305,386 | 265,553 | 673,619 | 901.603 | 787,159 | 1,625,189 | 5.9 | 14.9 | 19.9 | 17.4 | 35.9 | 1.14 |