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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
Walthamstow 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE III.
| Wards. | Possible No. of Houses fit for Occupation, 1908. | Plans passed, in 1909. | Greatest possible number Existing. | Empty, June1909 (Overseers' Lists). | Possible Occupied Midyear, 1909. | Occupied Education Returns. | Numbers probably occupied M.O.H.'s Estimate. | Proportion empty in 1909. | Proportion empty at Census, 1901. | Average number per House Census. | Population, 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James Street | 4,300 | — | 4,300 | 427 | 3,873 | 4,118 | 3,900 | 1 in 10 | 1 in 21 | 6 | 23,400 |
| High Street | 3,457 | 8 | 3,465 | 161 | 3,304 | 3,617 | 3,300 | 1 in 21.5 | 1 in 24 | 63 | 21,780 |
| Hoe Street | 4,779 | 31 | 4,810 | 316 | 4,494 | 4,744 | 4,500 | 1 in 15.2 | 1 in 15 | 5.5 | 24,750 |
| Wood Street | 3,118 | 23 | 3,141 | 247 | 2,894 | 3,007 | 2,900 | 1 in 12.7 | 1 in 15 | 6 | 17,400 |
| Northern | 7,787 | 146 | 7,033 | 584 | 7,349 | 7,059 | 7,000 | 1 in 13.6 | 1 in 7 | 5.7 | 39,900 |
| Whole District | 23,441 | 208 | 23,649 | 1,735 | 21,914 | 22,545 | 21,600 | 1 in 13.5 | 1 in 13.8 | 59 | 127,230 (or 127,440, 5.9 persons to house). |
EDUCATION AUTHORITY'S FIGURES.
| Houses fit for Occupation. | Houses Empty. | Houses Occupied. | Houses in Course of Construction. | Population (at 5 9 per house) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24,036 | 1,491 | 22,545 | 53 | 133,015 |
| Registrar-General's Estimate... | 136,602 | |||