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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Existing Housing Accommodation.
8. Number of dwelling-houses in the district 56,320
9. Number of working-class houses of the types given in
the reply to question 15 41,476
10. Average number of working-class houses built annually
during the five years before the war 450
11. Number of working-class houses built between January
1st, 1915, and December 31st, 1918 260
12. Number of empty buildings which might be (a) made
suitable, by repairs or alterations, for housing the
working classes; or (b) converted into flats for
the working classes (a) None
(b) 84
Overcrowding.
Approxi-
13. Tenements with more than two occupants per room— mate.
Number of tenements .... .... .... .... 2,600
Total number of occupiers .... .... 19,000
14. Number of houses intended for one family only which
are now occupied (without having been specially
adapted) by two or more families .... .... ... 1,550