[-291-]
A MODEL DISTRICT CENSUS
Statistics of the District of Christ Church, St. George's East, Rev. G. H.
McGill.-Area, 43 acres.-(Made Feb. 6, 1861.)
Number
of
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streets and courts |
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|
houses |
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poor families |
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|
respectable families |
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|
persons |
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poor among them |
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Places
of Worship
|
Christ
Church, Church of England |
2000 |
|
School
Chapel |
200 |
|
Beulah
Chapel |
600 |
|
Ragged
Schools Church, Church of England |
120 |
|
Trinity,
Methodist |
500 |
|
Primitive
Methodist |
120 |
|
Watney-street,
ditto |
50 |
|
Workhouse,
Church of England |
500 |
Day
Schools
|
Christ
Church, Boys |
350 |
|
Christ
Church, Girls |
200 |
|
Christ
Church, Infants |
400 |
|
Middlesex,
Boys |
120 |
|
Middlesex,
Girls |
115 |
|
Adult
School (Evening at Christ Church) |
60 |
|
School
of Art |
50 |
|
Methodist
Day School, Back-road |
About
150 |
|
Christ
Church, Boys |
200 |
|
Christ
Church, Girls |
275 |
|
Christ
Church, Bible Class |
25 |
|
Beulah
Chapel |
150 |
|
Trinity,
Methodist |
100 |
|
Watney-street |
30 |
|
Ranters |
100 |
Benevolent Societies
|
Penny
Bank |
3,000
depositors. |
|
Dorcas
Society |
70
members. |
|
Blanket
and Rug Society |
100 |
|
Christ
Church Institute |
120 |
|
District
Visitors |
21 |
|
Provident
Society and Sick Club |
100 |
|
Mothers'
Meeting |
100 |
|
East
London Savings Bank, with a very large number of depositors. Deposits now
invested, about |
90,000 |
[-292-] Census and other Particulars of the District of Christ Church, in the Parish of
St. George's East, the Rev. G. H. McGILL, M.A., Incumbent.
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Number
of Houses in Each Street or Court |
Average
Number of Families in Each House |
Number
of Rooms in Each House. |
Number
of Poor Families in each Street. |
Height. |
Length. |
Width. |
Average
Rental of Each Room per Week. |
Remarks. |
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Ft. |
in. |
ft. |
in. |
ft. |
in. |
s. |
d. |
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Albion-place |
16 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
Costermongers,
labourers, slop-workers, &c |
|
Ann-street |
44 |
4 |
4 |
176 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
Labourers
and sailors. |
|
Anthony-street |
48 |
3 |
4 |
144 |
6 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
1 |
10 |
Little
tradesmen and lodging-houses. |
|
Buross-street |
47 |
3 |
4
to 6 |
141 |
7 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
Employed
on the docks and on the river. |
|
Browning's-court |
4 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
Verypoor. |
|
Cannon-st.-road
(east side) |
60 |
2 |
6
to 8 |
|
8 |
6 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
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The
principal street. , |
|
Catherine-street
and court |
68 |
3 |
4
to 6 |
150 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Tradesmen
and dock servants. |
|
Chapel-street |
65 |
3 |
4 |
195 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Small
shops and labourers. |
|
Charles-street |
44 |
4 |
4
to 6 |
176 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
Tradesmen,
&c. C |
|
Church-road
(west side) to Spencer-street |
62 |
2 |
4 |
124 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
1 |
10 |
Small
shops, sailors, and dock labourers. |
|
Chapman-place |
11 |
2 |
4 |
22 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
Lodging-houses
and sailors. |
|
Chapman-street,
Lower |
89 |
3 |
4
to 6 |
267 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
Dock
servants and small shops. |
|
Chapman-street,
Upper |
46 |
3 |
4 |
150 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
Labourers
and lodging-houses. |
|
Coburgh-court |
4 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
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|
Very
low. |
|
Commercial-road
(south side) from Cannon-street East to Sutton-street |
93 |
2 |
8 |
|
8 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
12 |
2 |
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Respectable
tradesmen, &c. |
|
Cornwall-street,
Upper |
61 |
3 |
4
to 6 |
183 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
Very
poor. |
|
Cross-street
(part) |
29 |
2 |
4 |
58 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
Small
shops. |
|
Dean-street |
24 |
2 |
6 |
48 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
Clerksand
persons employed in city. |
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Devonshire-street |
60 |
4 |
4 |
240 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
In
this street and Star-street there are living in 123 houses about 1,500
persons, including 300 children, many without shoes or stockings. |
|
Duke-street |
38 |
4 |
4 |
140 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
Very
low and poor. |
|
Fenton-street |
29 |
3 |
5
to 6 |
87 |
8 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Sailors
and dock labourers. |
|
Fenton-street,
Lower |
13 |
2 |
4 |
26 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
1 |
10 |
Ditto
ditto. |
|
Friendly-place |
5 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
Low. |
|
Hungerford-street
and court |
41 |
4 |
4 |
164 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
1 |
9 |
Very
poor. |
|
John-street,
Lower |
33 |
2 |
6 |
|
7 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
Clerks
and middle class. |
|
John-street,
Upper |
25 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
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Jones-row |
6 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
Very
poor and miserable. |
|
Joseph-st.,
Cannon-st.-road |
38 |
2 |
4 |
76 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
The
worst street in the district morally. |
|
Kinder-street |
46 |
2 |
4 |
92 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
Very
low and immoral. |
|
Little
Ann-street |
8 |
4 |
4 |
32 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
Labourers,
sailors, and families. |
|
Little
Turner-street |
29 |
4 |
4
to 6 |
116 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
Labourers. |
|
Mary-street
and place |
30 |
4 |
4 |
120 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
Sailors
and warehousemen. |
|
New-road
(north side) |
79 |
3 |
4
to 6 |
79 |
8 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
Tradesmen
and sailors. |
|
Richard-street |
71 |
3 |
4
to 6 |
142 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
2 |
6 |
Warehousemen,
&c. |
|
St.
George's-place |
20 |
2 |
8 |
|
8 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
Lodging-houses. |
|
Salter-street |
10 |
3 |
4 |
30 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
9 |
Very
lowand poor. |
|
Smith's-place |
10 |
3 |
4 |
30 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
1 |
6 |
Very
poor. |
|
Short-street |
3 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
1 |
10 |
Labourers
in gas-works. |
|
Spencer-street
(north side) |
81 |
3 |
4 |
243 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
Sailors,
labourers, and sugar refiners. |
|
Star-street |
63 |
4 |
4 |
252 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
Very
low and miserable. |
|
Sutton-street |
29 |
2 |
4
to 6 |
58 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
A
few respectable inhabitants and lodgers. |
|
Tarling-street |
89 |
3 |
4 |
267 |
7 |
10 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
Labourers,
sailors, and their families. |
|
Union-street
and passage |
24 |
3 |
4 |
72 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
Hawkers,
fishmongers, &c. |
|
Upper
John-street |
21 |
3 |
6 |
63 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
Clerks
and respectable inhabitants. |
|
Viginia-court |
3 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Very
poor. |
|
Walburgh-street |
42 |
3 |
4
to 6 |
126 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
Persons
engaged in slop work. |
|
Watney-street |
45 |
2 |
6 |
|
8 |
6 |
14 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
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Respectable
inhabitants. |
|
White's-gardens |
6 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
Low and poor. |
|
York-place |
6 |
3 |
4 |
|
7 |
4 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
Poor but decent labourers. |
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Totals |
1818 |
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4392 |
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