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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

Southall 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Table: Table XXXIV.— continued.4. Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding :—

Table XXXIV.— continued.

4. Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding :—

(a) (I) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year*
(2) Number of families dwelling therein*
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein*
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year10
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year8
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases44
(d) Particulars of any case in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowdingNone
* No reliable figure can be given in the absence of systematic inspections.