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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 1908

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

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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.No. of Inhabitants.
Harrow Alley and Stoney Lane—
North Block...488......220
South „52213......175
Prince's „550.........177
Queen's „5405......172
King's ,,81616......175
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate Street Without12103......57
Total Two "Blocks"3518645...976

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These ten Blocks, containing 446 tenements, are inhabited by 1,446
persons=3.23 persons to each tenement.
COMMON LODGING HOUSE.
116, Middlesex Street.
The "Salvation Army Working Men's Hotel and Shelter," No. 116,
Middlesex Street, is the only Common Lodging House in the City.
It was opened on the 7th February, 1906, and provides accommodation
for 453 persons.
The charge for the Hotel portion is 5d. per night, and the Shelter
2d. per night, which includes a "bath and a bake" (disinfection of
clothing). Food can be purchased cheaply.
The premises have been periodically inspected during the year, and
always found to be well managed and kept in a cleanly condition.