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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
Whitechapel 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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BOARD OF WORKS—WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT.
Public Health Department.
Particulars of Persons Displaced by Works of Railway or other undertakings during the past 20 Years, and Particulars of New Property Erected and its estimated Accommodation.
| Date. | Names of Streets, &c. | Number of New Houses Erected. | No. of Persons Displaced. | Land. How previously Occupied. | Estimated No. of Persons New Property accommodates. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham Street | Clinton House | 80 | Built upon site of 10 old and dilapi-houses and large gardens in rear | 180 | |
| Pelham House | |||||
| Osborn House | |||||
| Augustine House | |||||
| Bulwer House | |||||
| Lytton House with Workshops and Stables in rear | |||||
| St. George's House | 42 Apartments | 70 | Built upon site of about 12 old and dilapidated 2 room cottages | 126 | |
| Fleur-de-lis Buildings and Two Warehouses | 20 Apartments | 40 | Built upon site of two premises and used as an Ivory Turner and Leather dealer and 8 old houses. | 65 | |
| Albert Buildings | 47 Apartments | 3750 | Built upon site of 450 old and dilapidated houses under the Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Scheme. Royal Mint Street area | 2559 | |
| Alfred Buildings | 26 „ | ||||
| Katharine Buildings | 263 „ | ||||
| Peabody Buildings | 286 „ | ||||
| Royal Mint Square | 225 „ | ||||
| Victoria Buildings | 16 „ | ||||
| Davis Mansions | 149 Apartments | 2757 | Built upon site of 314 old houses and sugar refinery under the Artizans and Labourers' Improvement Scheme. Goulston Street area | 3435 | |
| Brunswick Buildings | 280 „ | ||||
| Wentworth Buildings | 222 „ | ||||
| Middlesex Street | 14 houses and shops and 17 warehouses | ||||
| Back Church Lane | - | 2046 | London and Tilbury Railway Goods Depot and widening of Great Eastern Line. Built upon the site of 253 old and dilapidated houses | - | |
| Everards Place | — | ||||
| Gowers Place | — | ||||
| Gowers Row | — | ||||
| Hooper Square | - | ||||
| Jones Buildings | — | ||||
| Lambeth Street | — | ||||
| Leman Street | - | ||||
| Mill Yard Burial Ground | - | ||||
| Wells Place | - | ||||
| Wells Yard | - | ||||
| Wells Row | - | ||||
| White Bear Court | - | ||||
| Wagners Buildings | — | ||||
| Lolesworth Buildings | 202 Apartments | 2277 | Built upon site of 190 old and dilapidated houses under the Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Scheme. Flower and Dean Street area | 3775 | |
| Strafford Houses | 40 „ | ||||
| College Buildings | 70 „ | ||||
| Nathaniel Buildings | 170 „ | ||||
| Rothschild Buildings | 228 „ | ||||
| St. George's House | 42 „ | ||||
| Godfrey House | 24 „ | ||||
| Josephine House | 31 „ | ||||
| Winifred House | 28 „ | ||||
| Helena House | |||||
| Ruth House | 25 „ | ||||
| Irene House | 31 „ | ||||
| Brady Street Buildings | 286 Apartments | - | Built by 4 per cent. Industrial Dwellings Company upon site consisting of Sheds only | 1340 | |
| Green Dragon Yard | 8 | - | Built upon site of Stable yard by Mr. Morris Davis, of 7, Brondesbury Road, N.W. | 80 |