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Percentage of overcrowding on examination of the returns of
the enumeration 2.9
Number of doubtful cases of overcrowding requiring a
measurement inspection of the habitable rooms in the
dwelling 6,934
The second stage of the survey involved the measurement of
all habitable rooms in 6,934 houses where possible cases of overcrowding
existed in order to apply the standard of Table II. These
duties brought to light a further 1,201 eases of families living in
overcrowded conditions, bringing the total number of cases of
overcrowding in the Borough to 2,950 families, or 4.91 per cent.
The combined result of the two stages of the survey is shown
in Table A.

TABLE B— Ward Distribution
Number of
tenancies
inspected.
Number of
families
not overcrowded.
Number of
families
overcrowded.
Percentage
of overcrowding.
Ward.
334
3,392
8.96
1. The West
3,726
3,228
378
2,850
11.71
2. Addington
3,358
196
3,162
5.83
3. Town Hall
3,557
230
3,327
6.46
4. St. George's
3,427
316
3,111
9.22
5. Cobourg
2,992
129
2,863
4.31
6. Marlborough
7. North Peckham
3,477
308
3,169
8.85
8. Goldsmith
3,470
275
3,195
7.92
9. Clifton
3,879
140
3,739
3.60
10. Rye Lane
2,047
73
1,974
3.56
11. St. Mary's
2,916
69
2,847
2.36
12. Nunhead
3,225
123
3,102
3.81
13. The Rye
2,931
21
2,910
0.71
14. St. Giles'
3,080
104
2,976
3.37
2.25
15. Lyndhurst
3,461
78
3,383
4,017
16. St. John's
4,057
40
0.98
69
17. Alleyn
3,228
3,159
2.13
52
2,150
2.36
18. Ruskin
2,202
19. The Hamlet
1,448
7
1,441
0.48
326
2.39
20. The College
334
8
2,950
60,043
57,093
4.91
The Borough