[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of] page 42

Southwark 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: Summary of Overcrowding Cases—contd.

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Summary of Overcrowding Cases—contd.

	1949			1950			1951
	Premises	Fami lies	Persons	Premises	Families	Persons	Premises	Families	Per-sons
Overcrowding abated:
Rehoused by L.C.C.	150	187	803	142	163	727	66	87	362
Rehoused by Borough Council	18	23	88	7	8	9	13	16	73
Rehoused by otder Boroughs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rehoused by owners	2	2	8	1	1	5	2	3	18
Moved away	33	41	190	9	10	53	—	—	—
Found own accommodation	33	41	190	4	10	30	3	6	18
Families reduced in size owing to deatd, etc.	4	4	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cases reported but later found to be not overcrowded	—	—	—	1	1	3	—	—	—
Total	207	267	1,114	164	193	827	84	112	471

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The housing shortage has made it imperative to adopt the most
stringent standards in recommending only the most serious of
medical cases, with the result that in 1950 fewer cases were
recommended on medical grounds, although there was an increase
in the number of medical applications that year. In 1951,
however, despite these standards and the smaller total number of
applications for rehousing which came to the Department, it was
found that there were even more cases than in the previous year
which warranted medical recommendations for preferential
rehousing.

Table: Whilst the Borough Council rehoused many more overcrowded and medical cases in 1951 than in the previous year, the numbers of both types of cases who found other accommodation through the L.C.C. and other sources were considerably fewer than in 1950.

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Whilst the Borough Council rehoused many more overcrowded and medical cases in 1951 than in the previous year, the numbers of both types of cases who found other accommodation through the L.C.C. and other sources were considerably fewer than in 1950.

	1948	1949		1950	1951
Cases investigated on medical, overcrowding and sanitary grounds	1,450	1,669		2,156	1,509
No. of visits involved	1,814	2,298		2,587	1,792

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Southwark 1951

Table: Summary of Overcrowding Cases—contd.

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Table: Whilst the Borough Council rehoused many more overcrowded and medical cases in 1951 than in the previous year, the numbers of both types of cases who found other accommodation through the L.C.C. and other sources were considerably fewer than in 1950.