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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: MIDDLE DISTRICT.

MIDDLE DISTRICT.

Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
Bridgewater House, Fann Street...12.........
City Buildings, Moor Lane...2012......
Total Two " Blocks "...8212......

Table: EAST DISTRICT.

EAST DISTRICT.

Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
Harrow Alley and Stoney Lane—
North Block...488......
South „52213......
Prince's ,,550.........
Queen's ,,5405......
King's „81616......
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate Street Without1273......
Total Two " Blocks "3518345......
These ten Blocks, containing 443 tenements, are inhabited by 1,556 persons = 3.5 persons to each tenement.

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COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
Of the three common lodging.houses on the Register at the commencement
of 1905 two have been closed, the property having been acquired by the
Corporation for rebuilding purposes.
One other has been placed on the Register, viz., No. 116, Middlesex Street.
This building, which has been acquired by the Salvation Army, is a
substantial brick structure of the warehouse class formerly used as a boot
factory. It is situated near the boundary of Stepney, but within the City
precincts.
The premises consist of basement, ground, and five upper floors. All
floors have been rendered fireproof. The doors of the dormitories are of two.
inch teak and open outwards on to stone staircases. The dormitories are well