Charles Gatliff, On Improved Dwellings and their Beneficial Effect on Health and Morals
“ Bought 18542,2772,11716010544/6-- 12.Victoria Cottages, Albert Street, Spitalfields (freehold) Built 186417,4358,1949,24136817/ to 7/65/ to 5/8- Total374,85289,40685,4462431,141--- * 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. ”
