On Improved Dwellings and their Beneficial Effect on Health and Morals

On Improved Dwellings and their Beneficial Effect on Health and Morals by Charles Gatliff

Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 38, No. 1. pp. 33-63.

Agency		Families Accommodated.	Individuals Accommodated.	Amount of Capital Expended (£).
1.	Metropolitan Association for Improving Dwellings of Industrious Classes	1,060	5,206	189,028
2.	Society for Improving Condition of Labouring Classes	341	1,657	36,407
3.	St. George's, Hanover Square, Parochial Association for Improving Dwellings of Labouring Classes.	67	240	6,000
4.	Marylebone Association for Improving Dwellings of Industrious Classes	572	2,860	28,203
5.	Strand Buildings Company	38	200	5,000
6.	Central Dwellings Improvement Company	180	800	10,823
7.	London Labourers' Dwellings Society	383	1,915	50,294
8.	Trustees of Peabody's Gift to the London Poor	954	3,815	380,284
9.	Improved Industrial Dwellings Company	1,452	7,260	274,773
10.	The Baroness Burdett Coutts	189	694	24,000
11.	C. J. Freake, Esq.	108	700	10,000
12.	William Gibbs, Esq.	175	660	36,500
13.	The Corporation of the City of London	180	849	54,000
14.	Countess of Ducie, J. Ruskin, Esq. and others	312	1,560	17,467
15.	Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P	10	44	2,400
16.	W. E. Hilliard, Esq.	108	540	*
17.	G. Newson, Esq.	93	465	*
18.	Mr. Matthew Allen	126	630	18,860
19.	Sir Sydney Waterlow, Bart., M.P	95	475	12,500
20.	W. H. Hall, Esq.	35	140	5,689
21.	Mrs. Harrison	61	230	9,085
22.	Miss J. Ogle	100	500	10,000
23.	G. Cutt, Esq	80	400	*
24.	J. H. Bedford, Golden Lane, Old Street	*	*	*
25.	Brewers' Company	24	120	6,495
26.	Duchy of Cornwall	50	250	11,451
27.	Jewish and East London Model Lodging House Association / Miss Octavia Hill	29	145	7,800
28.	C. Gatliff, Esq.	16	80	2,300
Total		6,838	32,435	1,209,359

* Information not received at time of survey.

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Dwellings for Families on Flats.		Date when Built.	Superficial Area in Feet.			Population.		Rents.
			Total Superficial Area of Land.	Superficial Area Covered.	Area for Recreation	Number of Families.	Average Total Population, 1 Year.	Rent of Four Rooms per Week.	Rent of Three Rooms per Week.	Rent of Two Rooms per Week
1.	Albert Family Dwellings, Spitalfields (freehold)	1849	16,000	5,848	10,152	60	303	4/8 to 6/	4/ to 4/8	-
2.	Albion Buildings, Bartholomew Close, Aldersgate Street (freehold)	Bought 1854	1,966	1,621	345	20	80	-	-	4/ to 5/
3.	Farringdon Road Buildings, Farringdon Road (leasehold)	Built 1874	33,880	17,909	15,971	264	1,260	6/9 to 9/6	6/ to 7/3	5/ to 5/6
4.	Gatliff Buildings, Commercial Road, Pimlico (leasehold)	1868	30,016	11,004	19,012	149	610	-	5/6	4/3
5.	Hamilton Square, Snow's Fields, Bermondsey (freehold)	1855	27,900	10,580	17,320	108	635	6/6 to 7/	5/ to 6/6	-
6.	Howard Buildings, Albert Street, Spitalfields (freehold)*	1849	9,800	7,360	2,440	46	219	6/ to 7/6	5/ to 6/	4/9 to 5/6
7.	Ingestre Buildings, Golden Square (leasehold)	1854	11,250	8,446	2,804	60	380	6/6 to 8/6	6/ to 6/6	-
8.	Pancras Square, Old St. Pancras Road (leasehold)	1846	25,920	11,852	14,068	110	648	6/ to 7/9	4/3 to 5/9	-
Total			156,732	74,620	82,112	817	4,135	-	-	-
Cottages.
9.	Albert Cottages, Albert Street, Spitalfields (freehold)	1858	17,550	7,437	10,113	33	130	-	5/ to 5/8	5/ to 5/8
11.	Queen's Place Cottages, Dockhead (leasehold)	Bought 1854	2,277	2,117	160	10	54	4/6	-	-
12.	Victoria Cottages, Albert Street, Spitalfields (freehold)	Built 1864	17,435	8,194	9,241	36	81	7/ to 7/6	5/ to 5/8	-
Total			374,852	89,406	85,446	243	1,141	-	-	-

* This building was originally erected as a lodging house for 234 single men, at a cost of 13,1221l. 7s. 3d., but not being sufficiently occupied to yield an average net return of 1 per cent during a period of eighteen years, the directors felt it their duty to convert it into dwellings for forty-six families, thereby increasing the cost to 17,860l. 8s. 10d.; and they have now the satisfaction of the building being fully occupied, and the percentage increased to near 2½ per cent. on gross cost of the experiment, against which they have warned their followers.

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