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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 1910

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

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Table: The following were the corresponding figures for 1900, and show the reduction in this class of property in the City since that date:— Registered Lodging-Houses (1900).

The following were the corresponding figures for 1900, and show the reduction in this class of property in the City since that date:— Registered Lodging-Houses (1900).

District.No. of Houses on Register.No. of Lodgers.No. of Tenements.Average No. of Persons per Tenement.Cleansing Notices Served.
West1831,5026562.29239
Middle553631302.7966
East1581,1864882.43176
Total3963,0511,2742.39481

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These ten Blocks, containing 439 tenements, are inhabited by 1,383
persons = 3.15 persons to each tenement.

Table: WEST DISTRICT.

WEST DISTRICT.

Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.
One Room.Two Rooms.Three Four Rooms. Rooms.Five Rooms or more.
Albion Buildings (No. 21), Bartholomew Close...10......34
Albion Buildings (No. 22), Bartholomew Close...10......28
Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Close143......38
Dean Street Blocks, Fetter Lane—
Block A341...34
„ B25......22
„ c63... ......29
„ D25......18
,, E25......26
,, F...4119
St. Ann's Chambers, Ludgate Hill322......40
Bloomfield House, Snow Hill...24......68
Total Six "Blocks"32952...356