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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: TENEMENT HOUSES.

TENEMENT HOUSES.

District.No. of Houses on Register.No of Lodgers.No. of Tenements.Average No. of Persons per Tenement.Sanitary Notices Served.
West1581,3065452.39204
Middle43283982.8852
East1421,1014302.55209
Total3432,6901,0732.50465

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The houses in question are periodically inspected, and in April of each
year their owners called upon to undertake a thorough cleansing of them,
in accordance with the provisions of your Bye.laws.
This necessitated the service of a total of 465 Notices [or, 204, 52,
and 209 during the year, in the West, Middle, and East Districts
respectively.
In addition to the foregoing there are ten Blocks of dwellings let out
in tenements, but not placed on the Register for the reason that each holding
is " self.contained," it having been decided in a Court of Law that under
these circumstances they are not subject to the Bye.laws for houses let in
lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family:—

Table: west district.

west district.

Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
One Room.Two Booms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
Albion Buildings (No. 21), Bartholomew Close...10.........
Albion Buildings (No. 22), Bartholomew Close...10.........
Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Close162.........
Dean Street Blocks, Fetter Lane—
Block A34...1...
„ B25.........
„ C63.........
„ D25.........
„ E25.........
„ F...4...1...
St. Ann's Chambers, Ludgate Hill618.........
Took's Court, Nos. 1 and 2...9.........
Bloomfield House, Snow Hill...20...2...
Total Seven " Blocks "3795...4...