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Fulham 1913
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913
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Tenements in the Occupation of Private Families.
It will be seen that three-roomed tenements predominate
in Fulham, and the chief increase has been in
this class which now comprises 32 per cent, of the tenements
of all kinds compared with 26 per cent in 1901.
The following table gives the numbers of tenements
with less than five rooms in Fulham in 1891, 1901 and
1911 :—
TABLE VII.
| Number of Rooms in Tenements. | 1891. | 1901. | 1911. | Percentage Increase between 1901 & 1911. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenements of one room | 2,245 | 2,460 | 2,631 | 8.7 |
| „ two rooms | 3,200 | 4,360 | 4,692 | 7.2 |
| ,, three rooms | 5,028 | 8,309 | 11,657 | 40.3 |
| „ four rooms | 2,958 | 6,552 | 7,470 | 14.0 |
Room Accommodation.—Overcrowding.
From the figures obtained at the Census some
information may be gathered as to the amount of overcrowding
in the borough; for although the number of
rooms and occupants is not in itself an absolutely sure
guide, as the statistics contain no information as to the
size of the rooms occupied, still, as the rooms in the
tenements in Fulham are seldom of large size, it may be
taken that tenements which have more than two
persons per room must be considered overcrowded.