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Acton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The extent of the overcrowding in the different houses is shown in the following table:-
| Rooms in Houses. | Persons per House. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
It is unnecessary to explain the table in detail. If the second
line be taken as an example, the table will be made clear. This
line refers to 3 roomed houses and it will be seen that 27 3-roomed
houses were overcrowded; in 5 of these there were 7 persons to each
house, in 8 there were 8 persons each, in 8 there were 9 each, in 3
there were 10 persons in each house, and in 1 there were 14 persons
living in it. In one of the six roomed houses there were 22 persons
living there, and in another 6-roomed house there were 23 persons
living in it.
Causes of and Measures taken or contemplated to deal with overcrowding.
The primary and immediate cause of the overcrowding
undoubtedly is the shortage of houses, and the measures contemplated
to meet that shortage will alleviate the difficulty experienced
in dealing with overcrowding.
The Surveyor has very kindly supplied me with the following
particulars of the Acton Housing Schemes.
The estimated number of new houses required to meet the
immediate needs of the District, is 1,700.