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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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abatement of overcrowding is 556. In a further 305 cases overcrowding
has been abated by other means such as the family
obtaining alternative accommodation.
Rehousing other than overcrowded, cases.
During the year 236 fresh applications for housing accommodation
were received in the Public Health Department (mostly from the
applicant in person), and of these 58 were sent forward to the
county authority for attention or preferential treatment, while in
addition, 49 applications were recommended for housing on the
Lambeth Council Estates. The remaining 129 after careful scrutiny,
could not be recommended for various reasons, such as insufficient
income or other circumstances. Of the 107 cases referred to, 20
have been accommodated (16 by L.C.C. and 4 by L.B.C.) leaving
87 pending decision and allocation.
The following table shows particulars of the 236 applications
received.
Housing Applications, 1938.
| Number of Persons in Family | Number of Rooms Occupied | Total Persons | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2 | — | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 46 |
| 3 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 1 | — | 213 |
| 4 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 272 |
| 5 | —_ | 7 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 220 |
| 6 | —_ | —_ | 9 | 7 | — | — | 96 |
| 7 | —_ | —_ | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 70 |
| 8 | —_ | — | — | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total Families 236 | 5 | 88 | 88 | 43 | 9 | 3 | |
| Total Persons | — | — | — | — | — | — | 936 |