Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Tenements. | 1891. | 1901. | Increase per cent. |
---|---|---|---|
Tenements of one room | 2,245 | 2,460 | 5.2 |
„ two rooms | 3,200 | 4,360 | 36.0 |
„ three „ | 5,028 | 8,309 | 65.2 |
four „ | 2,958 | 6,552 | 121.2 |
Comparing Fulham with other metropolitan boroughs we
find that the proportion of one and two-roomed tenements is
higher than in Fulham in all the boroughs with the exception
of Wandsworth, Lewisham, Hampstead, Greenwich and
Woolwich, while Fulham has a higher proportion of three and
four-roomed tenements than any metropolitan borough.
The following table gives the proportion of tenements of
less than 5 rooms in the County of London, Fulham, and the
adjoining Boroughs:—
TABLE X.
Proportion of families occupying tenements with one to
four rooms.
Borough.
Percentage of total
families or separate
occupiers occupying
tenements of less
than 5 rooms.
Percentage of total
families or separate
occupiers occupying
tenements of
1
room.
2
rooms.
3
rooms.
4
rooms.
Fulham,
68
8
14
25
21
Chelsea
69
21
21
17
10
Hammersmith
60
10
17
19
14
Kensington
55
15
20
12
8
Battersea
62
9
15
20
18
Wandsworth
49
4
7
15
16
County of London
66
15
20
18
13