Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Overorowding.
(a) Certificates issued to landlords, giving the
permitted number of persons who may
occupy a house 127
(b) Number of dwellings recorded as overcrowded
at the end of the year 516
Number of families dwelling therein 591
Number of persons dwelling therein 2,455
(c) Number of new cases of overcrowding
ported during the year 91
(d) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year Total 133
(ii) by removals of sub-tenants/lodgers,
members of family 3
(2) by removal of families to other
known addresses (not overcrowded) 124
(3) by removal to unknown addresses 6
(4) rehoused by Council (included also
in (2) above):—
In requisitioned premises 9
In Council houses 98
In temporary bungalows 9
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such
cases 626
(e) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded after
the Local Authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding 2
Factories.
Number of factory premises — 529.
Number of:—
Premises. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. |
---|---|---|---|
Factories with mech. power | 1,271 | — | |
Factories without mech. power | 73 | — | — |
Other premises | 8 | — | — |
Totals | 1,352 | 7 | — |