[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City.

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of habitable Unoccupied dwelling-houses “ to let ” at Whitsunday 1907 was 4509, compared with 4179 and 3820 in the years 1906 and 1905 respectively. Of these vacant dwellings last year, 409 were rented under £6, 887 at from £6 to £10, 1857 from £10 to £20, and 1356 at £20 or upwards. By far the largest number of such vacant houses were situated in the Merchiston Gorgie, and St Leonard’s Wards, viz., 416, 384, and 380 respectively, the fewest being in Haymarket Ward, viz., 126, and in Portobello 179. TABLE II. Table showing the Number of Occupied Houses, and Houses with Premises attached, within the Burgh of Edinburgh, as at Whitsunday 1907, arranged in Wards, and classified in the following order of Rental. No. Ward. Under £5. £5 and under £10. £10 and under £15. £15 and under £20. £20 and under £30. £30 and under £40. £40 and under £50. £50 and up- wards. Total in each Ward. 1 Calton 102 1,234 1,814 1,246 623 166 25 170 5,380 2 Canongate 560 2,034 1,377 923 245 97 17 16 5,269 3 Newington 67 363 455 756 704 286 184 1,388 4,203 4 Morningside 7 63 213 65 5 1,637 1,204 516 981 5,276 5 Merchiston 1 178 567 1,418 1,656 520 186 658 5,184 6 Gorgie 16 1,072 1,843 882 123 74 33 17 4,060 7 Haymarket 30 428 359 511 257 187 109 1,241 3,122 S St Bernard’s 161 607 556 735 488 122 166 626 3,461 9 Broughton 72 482 993 756 748 333 109 178 3,671 10 St Stephen’s 141 963 859 762 593 335 135 441 4,229 11 St Andrew’s 304 1,004 377 215 112 99 79 645 2,835 12 St Giles . 668 2,615 810 712 238 86 36 118 5,283 13 Dairy 28 1,423 2,590 876 92 16 4 8 5,037 14 George Square . 303 1,470 1,001 1,046 580 336 122 179 5,037 15 St Leonard’s 597 2,741 1,189 606 266 162 58 11 5,630 16 Portobello 64 567 838 546 376 390 351 179 3,311 Totals 3,121 17,244 15,841 12,645 * 8,738 4,413 2,130 6,856 70,988