London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Pancras 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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APPENDIX 'B'
| Degree of overcrowding (see "Definition of Overcrowding") | Ward Number | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Total number of lettings where there was statutory overcrowding | 177 | 183 | 202 | 124 | 139 | 61 | 35 | 65 | 986 |
| Overcrowded by ½ unit | 67 | 67 | 77 | 53 | 45 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 374 |
| ,, ,, 1 ,, | 54 | 48 | 57 | 23 | 45 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 272 |
| ,, ,, 1½ ,, | 16 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 80 |
| ,, ,, 2 ,, | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | - | 8 | 52 |
| ,, ,, 2½ ,, | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 23 |
| ,, ,, 3 ,, | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| ,, ,, 3½ ,, | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| ,, ,, 4 ,, | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| ,, ,, 4½ ,, | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| ,, ,, 5 ,, | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Overcrowding due to two persons of the opposite sex not being husband and wife having to occupy the same bedroom | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Number of cases of overcrowding abated since the survey commenced | 19 | 38 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 166 |
Note: The above Table excludes the 172 cases of overcrowding subsequently found abated
in Wards 2. 3 and 5 after a lapse of fifteen months (see Table VII of Report).