(2) In the parishes of Bloomsbury, St. George-the-Martyr, St. Andrew, Holborn, and part of St. Giles’.
The number of families scheduled for elementary school purposes residing in more than two rooms was 395, which is about 10 per cent. of the whole number of scheduled families.
| About | 45 | per cent. lived in | 2 | rooms only. |
| „ | „ | „„ | 1 | room only. |
(3) Lower Division of Clerkenwell and St. Luke’s.
The number of families scheduled for elementary school purposes residing in more than two rooms was 3,886, which is about 37 per cent. of the whole number of scheduled families.
| 33 | per cent. lived in | 2 | rooms only. |
| 30 | „„ | 1 | room only. |
He gave similar information as regarded three other sub-districts, and then went on:—
“The foregoing statistics show that there were at the beginning of the present year, in the Finsbury division—
“10,490 families consisting of 41,044 persons, living, each, in one room only, and 17,210 families consisting of 82,215 persons, living, each, in two rooms only, a total of 123,259 persons living in one or two rooms.
“For every efficient elementary school in the division there are more than 8 public-houses, for there are in the division 111 efficient schools, while the public-houses number 912; the grocers’ shops, 682; bakers’ shops, 409; dairies, 350; coffee shops, 427; churches, 74; chapels, 32; mission rooms, 47; registered lodging-houses, 101.”