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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

Heston and Isleworth 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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How far the provision of additional houses would relieve
the present overcrowding of the kind mentioned in the report
it is difficult to say, because in many cases it appears that participants
in the overcrowding are those who are unable to afford
a sufficient amount to provide the additional accommodation.
Table 4 gives the analysis of the conditions found under
diff erent headings.

Table: Table 1. Showing List of Houses visited, the number of houses visited in each road, and the number found to be overcrowded.

Table 1. Showing List of Houses visited, the number of houses visited in each road, and the number found to be overcrowded.

Road visited.No. of houses
Visited.Overcrowded.
Chapel Road431
Holly Road316
Temple Road28—
Pears Road9817
James Street141
Ivy Road212
Heath Road252
Gordon Road1.7—
Stanley Road131
Queen's Terrace2712
Magdala Road356
Richmond Road81
Worton Road6813
Hartland Road254
Downton Place144
Church Street142
Worple Road83
Napier Road232