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HOUSING ACT, 1935—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.
The overcrowding survey was made by the Housing Department,
and the following report was submitted to the Council on
the 25th February, 1936: —
"The following information has been forwarded to the
London County Council in connection with the recent overcrowding
survey carried out by the Council:—
Form A. Preliminary enumeration 18,350 houses visited.
Form B. Doubtful overcrowding 5,027 houses revisited
and all rooms in each
house measured up
Form C. This is a summary showing the result of the completed
survey and a copy of the summary for the Borough of
Bermondsey as submitted to the London County
Council is attached to this report. This shows a total
of 27,488 families included in the return, 3,142 families
being overcrowded and 24,346 families not overcrowded.
Dividing the Borough into its twelve
electoral wards the results are as under:—
Ward No. of families No. of families Total number
overcrowded not overcrowded of families
St. John 166 1,019 1,185
St. Olave 93 257 350
St. Thomas 47 246 293
B.1 493 1,799 2,292
8.2 481 2,635 3,116
B.3 337 3,518 3,855
B.4 148 3,849 3,997
B.5 122 2,339 2,461
B.6 391 1,435 1826
R.1 483 2,552 3,035
R.2 186 3,277 3,463
R.3 195 1,420 1,615
Totals 3,142 24,346 27,488