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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 169
Clapham North Ward had the highest percentage of families
living in one room, and Putney the lowest. Balham had the
highest percentage living in two rooms, and Putney the lowest.
Putney had the highest percentage living in three rooms, and
Clapham North the lowest. Tooting and Clapham North had the
highest percentage living in four rooms and upwards, and Springfield
the lowest.
In the Borough, of the total families whose houses were
inspected during the year, viz., 9,854, 7.3 per cent, lived in one
room, compared with 7.6 per cent, in 1908, 6.9 per cent, in 1907,
and 7.0 per cent, in 1906; 10.3 per cent, in two rooms, compared
with 11.8, 10.4, and 9.7; 27.5 per cent, in three rooms, compared
with 29.7, 34.7, and 23.3; and 54.9 per cent, in four rooms and
upwards, compared with 50.9, 48, and 58.