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Wimbledon 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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(c) There are no suitable sites available in the district for
providing new houses for the artisan and working classes. This
is the principal difficulty confronting the Council in dealing with
the housing problem. Nine houses were built by the Council in
Faraday Road, on one of the few available sites remaining in the
Borough.
(3) Overcrowding.
(a) The following table gives details of the housing conditions
in three streets which are fairly representative of an artisan area.
An indication is given of the extent to which overcrowding exists.
The estimate of the overcrowding is based on the legal requirements set out in the bye-laws for houses let in lodgings, i.e., for adults 360 cubic feet and for children under ten years 250 cubic feet.
| Total No. of Houses | No. of Separate Letting* | No. of Occupiers | Average No. of Rooms per Letting | Average No. of O'cupiors per Room | Average Rent per Room per Letting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 Years | Over 10 Years | ||||||
| Russell Road | 11G | 171 | 78 | 522 | 3.64 | 0.96 | 2/11 |
| Laburnum Road | 65 | 81 | 52 | 303 | 4.44 | 0.99 | 2/4 |
| Cecil Road | 80 | 99 | 41 | 317 | 4.09 | 0 89 | 2/9 |
| 261 | 351 | 174 | 1142 | 3 95 | 0.94 | 2/9 | |
| No. of Separate Lettings Consisting of | |||||||
| 1 room | 2 rooms | 3 rooms | 4 rooms | 5 rooms | 6 rooms | 7 rooms | |
| Russell Road | 12 | 16 | 51 | 48 | 81 | 11 | 2 |
| Laburnum Road | 4 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 29 | |
| Cecil Road | 2 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 39 | 77 | 74 | 99 | 41 | 3 | |