# Journal of the Statistical Society of LondonVolume 38/Issue 1/On Improved Dwellings and their Beneficial Effect on Health and Morals

Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 38, No. 1. pp. 33-63.
| Agency | 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 | Total | 6,838 | 32,435 | 1,209,359 |
    * Information not received at time of survey.
| Dwellings for Families on Flats. | Dwellings for Families on Flats. | Date when Built. | Superficial Area in Feet. | Superficial Area in Feet. | Superficial Area in Feet. | Population. | Population. | Rents. | Rents. | Rents. |
| Dwellings for Families on Flats. | Dwellings for Families on Flats. | Date when Built. | 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 | Total | 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 | Total | 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.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Buildings in course of, erection for 422 families.
* ↑ Ibid., for 462 families.
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