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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
Woolwich 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich
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107. The state of overcrowding in Woolwich is worse than
would appear from the above figures. The following examples
illustrate the housing conditions at present existing : —
(a) Details of population per house in a street in Woolwich parish;—
| Index No. | No. of Families. | No. of Rooms. | Persons over 10 | Children under 10. | Total No. of Persons. | Persons per room. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | |||||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6 | 7. | 8. | |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 30 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1.3 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | 0.7 | |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2.3 | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2.7 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1.3 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1.3 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.7 | |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.8 | ||
| 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.8 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 | ||
| 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 | |||
| 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1.7 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2.7 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 0 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 27 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.7 | |
| 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | •• | 2 | 0.7 | |