The Mansion House Council on the dwellings of the people. Report for the year ending December 31st, 1885, presented at the Second Annual Meeting, held at the Mansion House, Friday, March 26th, 1886. The Right Hon. Lord Mayor in the chair.

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1886
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Credit: The Mansion House Council on the dwellings of the people. Report for the year ending December 31st, 1885, presented at the Second Annual Meeting, held at the Mansion House, Friday, March 26th, 1886. The Right Hon. Lord Mayor in the chair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the houses formerly occupied by one family, but now let out m tene- ments. With some few exceptions the whole of the houses inspected were occupied by tenants paying weekly rentals, in which the landlords were non-resident. The following information was supplied by the officers of the Vestry :— Total number of premises in the parish (including warehouses) chargeable with poor rate ... 8,300 Included in the above are about 1,200 tenements in model dweUings. Houses, two-thirds of which let in lodgings 3)05^ Tenement houses 5^3 Cottages of from two to four rooms 1,059 Total number of tenement houses and cottages in which^ landlord is non-resident but liable for repairs, >■ 1,642 rates and taxes ... ... .•• ... ... Total houses to which regulations under Section 35 of the] ^ 700 Sanitary Act of 1886 might be made to apply ...) ' Area of lands included in the parish 380 acres. Total length of public paving under control of Vestry, about 20 miles. Total population at last census ... ... 69,076 Estimated present population ... ... ... 66,000 Corrected death rate, including deaths in workhouses and hospitals 22 per 1,000 Death rate for the Metropolis 20 per 1,000 On the nth and 14th November last I held a public inquiry at the Vestry Hall. Mr. Thomas, barrister, appeared on behalf of the Mansion House Council. Mr. Philbrick, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the Vestry. In support of the contention of the Mansion House Council the following gentlemen were examined :— Dr. Louis Parkes, Medical Officer of the Council. Dr. B. A. Whitelegge, Medical Officer of Nottingham. Dr. Day, of Chapel Street, Pentonville. The Rev. A. F. Fryer, curate of St. Phillip's, Clerkenwell. Mr. H. L. Noel Cox, Honorary Secretary of Local Committee [of Mansion House Council. Mr. Hugh Rose, Sanitary Inspector to the Vestry.