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Wimbledon 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SECTION D. - HOUSING.
Dwelling-houses inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Consolidated) Regulations 1925 and 1932 4
Number of inspections made 4
Housing Act, 1936, (Part IV) — Overcrowding.
The following table shows the position in Wimbledon at the end
of 1947, with regard to overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year 38
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 50
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 203
(b) Number of new cases of over crowding reported
during the year 26
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 60
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 338½
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling
houses have again become overcrowded
after the Local Authority have taken
steps for the abatement of overcrowding
Nil.
30