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Fulham 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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Table: TABLE 19.—HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY. Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.

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TABLE 19.—HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY. Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.

Size of Family (" equivalent number" of persons)		Size of dwelling occupied, in terms of the maximum "equivalent number" of persons permitted to occupy it without causing it to be overcrowded.																											Total of Families.
Size of Family (" equivalent number" of persons)		*0	*	l	1½	2	2½	3	3½	4	4½	5	5½	6	6½	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	11½	12	12½	13 & over	Overcrowded	Not Overcrowded	Total
1		_	10	18	1,499	277	901	174	4	918	25	37	1	295	4	3	6	93	-	3	33	-	_	16	1	-	-	14	10	4,372	4,382
1½		—	-	-	4	7	26	10	4	26	-	1	1	5	_	_	-	1	_	_	_	_	_	—	_	-	_	1	_	86	86
2		—	1	2	27	†227	1,762	666	8	4,785	108	564	6	1,892	24	24	42	561	2	9	326	5	2	100	__	-		90	\|32	11,201	11,233
2½		—	-	_	26	21	32	613	10	1,634	63	242	4	483	9	6	8	81	1	_	34	1	_	6	-	-	-	5	47	3,232	3,279
3		—	_	2	27	24	19	582	8	3,021	105	546	5	2,032	29	33	84	804	12	14	452	6		133	_	2	-	135	72	8,003	8,075
3½		_	_	_	5	3	143	101	7	657	34	166	4	376	13	11	22	110	2	5	48	1	_	12	-	-	-	20	252	1,488	1,740
4		—	—_	_	3	2	142	102	9	34	95	1,000	5	1,235	34	47	81	636	8	8	516	10	3	164	3	1	-	123	258	4,003	4,261
4½							39	36	4		27	230	4	247	5	7	18	94	3	4	86	3	1	28	-	-	-	15	96	772	868
5		_	_	_	_	_	45	29	4	28	45	386	6	597	20	19	48	332	8	15	373	9	2	84	2	4	-	130	152	2,035	2,187
5½		_	_	_	_	2	16	7	1	113	10	50	3	168	5	12	11	69	2	2	75	1	1	12	1	-	-	10	199	372	571
6		—	_		1	i	14	4	2	140	16	83	10	31	38	29	71	146	8	9	187	7	-	56	1	2	-	108	271	693	964
6½		—	-	_	-	i	7	5	—	48	5	12	4	10	17	18	32	37	1	_	43	1	_	16	_	-	-	17	92	182	274
7		_	_	_	1	-	3	1	-	37	6	15	5	18	15	12	38	68	3	4	99	2	1	41	_	1	-	66	101	335	436
7½		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	19	1	7	-	11	9	4	18	23	3	2	24	4	1	8	1	-	-	8	53	92	145
8		_	_	_	_	_	2	_	_	15	_	10	1	32	2	4	12	2	2	3	37	2	-	19	-	-	-	21	78	86	164
8½		—	_	__	_	_	_	_	-	5	_	3	_	14	1	3	4	—	2	1	12	2	1	4	-	-	-	3	30	25	55
9		—		-	-	-	_	1		_	_	_	1	15	1	1	1	1	1	3	20	2	_	4	1	-	_	25	22	55	77
9½					—				—	1	1	-	_	7	_	-	1	-			4	2	1	2	-	1		3	10	13	23
10		—	-	_	. _	-	-	—	—	1	-	-	-	4	-	- I	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	_	1	_	20	8	23	31
10½		—	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	_	_	_	3	-	1	-	-	_	—	1	-	_	1	5	2 !	7
11		_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	■_	-	_	-	_	_	_	1	-	1	-	-	-	—	-	1		3	2	I 4	6
11½		_	_	-	-				-		_	-	_	_	_	_	_	1	_	-	-	-	-	_	-	-	-	_	1	—	1
12		-	-	- j	- 1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	_	-	-	-	2	_	_	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	7	10
12½		-	-	-	_ \|	- -i	- 1	-	_ \|		- ,		1 - 1	_		_	_	1	_	_	-	-	-	—	-	-	-	_	1	—	1
Totals of Dwellings	13 & over	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	,	-	-	6	_	6	6
	Overcrowded	_	-	4	90	t56	430	288	20	425	85	180	21	112	28	12	19	9	2	2	1		_	—	_	-	-	_	†1,795	-	—
	Not Overcrowded	—	_	18	1,503	509	2,721	2,045	41	11,075	457	3,222	39	7,361	198	221	479	3,057	57	82	2,369	59	13	706	11	13	-	831	_	37,087	—
	Total	-	11	22	1 1,593	565 1	3,151	2,333	61	11,500 \|	542 \|	3,402 \|	60 j 1	7,473	226	233	498	3,066	59	84	2,370	59	13	706	11	13	—-	831	—	-	38,882

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* 0 = a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet: ½ = a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet.
†Including 2 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.

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Fulham 1935

Table: TABLE 19.—HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY. Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.

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