'Ticketed houses' of Glasgow : with an interrogation of the facts for guidance towards the amelioration of the lives of their occupants / by James B. Russell.

  • Russell, James Burn, 1837-1904.
Date:
[1888]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 'Ticketed houses' of Glasgow : with an interrogation of the facts for guidance towards the amelioration of the lives of their occupants / by James B. Russell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    A ticketed one-room house reaches the lowest average rent in the Calton, namely, 6s. Id. ; and the highest average, in the small district of Bi-ownfield, is 9s. 9d. A ticketed two-room house reaches the lowest average in a bad part of the district we call Monteith Row, namely, 7s. 9d. ; and the highest, which is in Anderston, is 12s. 6d. But if I were to go into the details of the districts I should weary and puzzle you. Let us discuss the average for the whole city. The rent of a one-room house is 7s. lid. This is 29'96 pence per inmate, and at the rate of 90 pence per 1000 cubic feet of air-space. The rent of a two-room COMPARATIVE RENT AND AIR-SPACE IN TICKETED HOUSES AND MODEL BUILDINGS. One Room. Total Cubic Space. Average No. of Inmates. Cubic Space RENT. per Inmate. Per Month. Per Inmate Per 1000 Cub. Ft. Model, 2,213 2-92 758 13/4 D 54-8 D 72 Ticketed, Whole City, 1,058 3-17 334 7/11 29-96 90 Bridgegate, 1,130 3-12 362 6/11 26-6 73 Cowcaddens, 930 2-82 330 8/ 34 0 103 Calton, 976 2-85 343 6/1 25-6 75 Brownfield, 1,044 3-04 343 9/9 38-5 112 Two Rooms. Model, 3,158 4-29 736 16/4 45-7 62 Ticketed, Whole City, 1,725 4-66 370 10/3 26-39 71 Bridgegate, 1,777 4-77 373 9/6 23-9 64 Cowcaddens, 1,752 4-83 363 10/3 25-5 70 Monteith Row, - 1,659 3-61 460 7/9 25-8 56 Anderstou, 1,615 4-67 346 12/6 32 1 93