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 St James's, Westminster]
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in the poorest district of the parish and greatest in
the wealthier and less crowded districts.
The number of houses in the parish is 3,516.
They are distributed as follows:—
St. James's Square Division, 1,505
Golden Square Division, 1,238
Berwick Street Division, 773
3,516
The number uninhabited on the day on which
the Census was taken was 236. They were in each
division as follows:—
St. James's Square Division, 124
Golden Square Division, 62
Berwick Street Division, 50
236
The number of families in the parish is 7,924.
Of these, the proportion that reside in a single
house is one and a half in each house, or three
families for every two houses in St. James's Square
Division; two and a half families for each house, or
five families in every two houses in the Golden
Square Division; and three families for every house
in the Berwick Street Division. The families of the
wealthier inhabitants of Golden Square are on an
average but four in number, whilst the less opulent
inhabitants of the Berwick Street Division is under
five. There are seven persons living on an average