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No. of
persons
in
family.
No, of families occupying the following number of rooms.
1 room.
2 rooms.
3 rooms.
4 rooms.
5 rooms.
6 rooms.
7 rooms.
2 1 - - - - - -
3 20 45 52 11 2 — —
4 11 47 35 10 3 1 —
5 7 23 20 8 4 1 —
6 3 20 16 8 4 — 1
7 — 3 10 4 2 2 —
8 — 9 7 — — 1 —
9 — 33—11 —
10 — — 5 — — — —
11 — — 2 — — — —
12 — — 1 — — — —
or over
Totals 42 150 151 41 16 6 1
The newly-born baby has not been included in the above.
Of these 407 births:—
10"3 per cent, occurred in 1-roomed tenements.
36-9 „ „ 2
37-1 „ „ 3
The table is designed to show some of the housing conditions in
homes where babies are born. It demonstrates that of 407 babies,
42 were born in one-roomed tenements and 150 in two-roomed tenements.
The number of people in one or two-roomed tenements
is deplorably high; thus in three one-roomed tenements where six
persons were already living, a baby was born; in seven cases a birth
occurred in the one-roomed home where five people were already
living; in 11 instances of one-roomed tenements, the newly born
baby became the fifth occupant of the room. With regard to two-roomed
homes, in three instances nine persons were already inhabiting the
rooms prior to the birth of the baby; in nine cases the baby's advent
raised the number of occupants to nine. For the purposes of the table,
kitchens have been included, but not sculleries, bathrooms, &c.
Midwives and Nurses.
The Supervising Authority for Midwives is the London County
Council.