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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
Bethnal Green 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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In about 26 per cent. of the houses, the floors of the lower rooms
are below the street level, and 33 per cent. are unprovided with
ventilation beneath the floor boards, which, in many instances, rest
on the earth without any air space.
In compliance with instructions from the County Council, in
the early part of 1891 I again visited and examined every house
in the area; the results of my inspection will be found in the
following tabulated statements:—
TABLE "I."
| Name of Street. | Number of House Inspected. | Structure Decayed. | Damp. | Below Street Level. | No Ventilation under floor. | Yard: Space Iinsufficient. | Light & Ventilation Defective. | Cellar Entrance to Yard. | Population. | Rate of Mortality. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Street | 34 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 281 | 58.8 |
| And Keever Buildings. | ||||||||||
| Christopher Street | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 39.2 |
| Collingwood Place | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 130.9 |
| Charlotte court | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 50.4 |
| And Charlotte Buildings Chance Street | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 15.1 |
| Fournier Street | 77 | 65 | 51 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 562 | 39.1 |
| George Terrace | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 16.6 |
| Half Nichol Struct | 47 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 532 | 29.4 |
| Inkhorn Yard Jacobs Street | 71 | 53 | 65 | 44 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 557 | 43.1 |
| Jacobs Place | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 10.1 |
| Mount Street | 80 | 68 | 54 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 761 | 32.2 |
| Myring Place | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 63.2 |
| Mead Street | 49 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 300 | 39.0 |
| New Street | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 37.7 |
| New Castle Street | 20 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 166 8 |
| Nichols Row | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 166 |
| Dudliek’s L.H. New Nichol Street | 40 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 506 | 36.9 |
| Old Nichol Street | 59 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 558 | 40.0 |
| Reform Square | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 166.6 |
| Sarah Street | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 25.6 |
| Sherwood Place | 26 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 16.4 |
| Short Street | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 319 | 58.5 |
| Turville Street | 37 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 74 | 36.0 |
| Turville Buildings | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 39.3 |
| Turville Street (New) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |