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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
Fulham 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The following Table gives the order of overcrowding in
the various Boroughs, the most crowded being given first:—
PERCENTAGE OF OVERCROWDING IN
| Parishes. | All Tenements under 5 Rooms. | Tenements of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | ||
| City of London | 15 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 |
| Battersea | 13 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 5 |
| Bermondsey | 19 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 8 |
| Bethnal Green | 27 | 38 | 33 | 21 | 13 |
| Camberwell | 13 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 |
| Chelsea | 16 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 6 |
| Deptford | 12 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 |
| Finsbury | 31 | 35 | 36 | 25 | 12 |
| Fulham | 11 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 5 |
| Greenwich | 11 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
| Hackney | 13 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 |
| Hammersmith | 14 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 7 |
| Hampstead | 12 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 4 |
| Holborn | 26 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 6 |
| Islington | 18 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 7 |
| Kensington | 22 | 25 | 28 | 16 | 7 |
| Lambeth | 15 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 |
| Lewisham | 6 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Paddington | 16 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 5 |
| Poplar | 17 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 8 |
| St. Marylebone | 23 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 8 |
| St. Pancras | 23 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 8 |
| Shoreditch | 27 | 34 | 32 | 22 | 11 |
| Southwark | 21 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 8 |
| Stepney | 34 | 45 | 40 | 26 | 14 |
| Stoke Newington | 9 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| Wandsworth | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| Westminster, City of | 16 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 5 |
| Woolwich | 9 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| The County of London | — | 27 | 25 | 13 | 7 |
Occupations.
The following table gives the number of the occupied and
unoccupied of each sex above the age of 10 years:—
Total over
10.
Occupied.
Retired or
unoccupied.
Males
48,319
39,985
8,334
Females
Unmarried
24,396
12,471
11,925
(Married or Widows
31,816
4,297
27,519