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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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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. | Totals of families. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0* | ½* | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7½ | 8 | 8½ | 9 | 9½ | 10 | l0½ | 11 | 11½ | 12 | 12½ | 13 & over | Overcrowded. | Not overcrowded. | TOTAL. | |||
| 1 | – | 12 | 42 | 1,368 | 789 | 612 | 339 | – | 378 | 16 | 77 | 2 | 140 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 33 | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3,840 | 3,852 | ||||||
| U | – | – | – | 5 | 29 | 17 | 15 | – | 3 | 5 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 77 | 77 | ||
| 2 | – | – | 5 | 69 | +489 | 1,609 | 1,211 | 3 | 1,377 | 93 | 331 | 7 | 686 12 | 18 | 39 | 173 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 30 | i | 1 | – | 35 | +83 | 6,208 | 6,291 | |||
| 21 | – | – | – | 28 | 56 | 93 | 1,010 | 4 | 465 | 59 | 202 | 1 | 181 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 27 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 84 | 2,072 | 2,156 | ||
| 3 | – | – | – | 12 | 34 | 80 | 1,410 | – | 947 95 | 427 | 7 | 623 | 20 | 38 | 86 | 247 | 6 | 19 | 110 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 7 | – | 60 | 126 | 4,174 | 4,300 | |||
| 31 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 203 | 272 | – | 207 | 57 | 178 | 4 | 136 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 14 | – | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 481 | 703 | 1,184 | ||
| 4 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 240 | 313 | – | 64 | 102 | 543 | 18 | 492 | 30 | 56 | 98 | 242 | – | 13 | 119 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 567 | 1,894 | 2,461 | ||
| 4½ | – | – | – | – | – | 73 | 92 | 3 | 11 | – | 195 | 3 | 104 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | – | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 186 | 453 | 639 | ||
| 5½ | – | – | – | – | 2 | 48 | 88 | – | 19 | 39 | 289 | 10 | 264 | 38 | 62 193 | 13 | 19 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 44 | – | 3 | – | 55 | 199 | 1,112 | 1,311 | ||||
| 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 36 | – | 48 | 10 | 104 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 13 | _ | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 5 | 216 | 186 | 402 | ||
| 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 21 | – | 49 | 15 81 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 39 | 97 | 115 | 6 | 13 | 48 10 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 201 | 471 | 672 | ||||
| 6½ | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 9 | – | 18 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | 81 | 123 | 204 | |||
| 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | _ | 15 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 12 26 | 21 56 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | – | 29 | 92 | 221 | 313 | ||||
| – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 46 | 86 | 132 | |||
| 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | – | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 8 | – | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 71 | 71 | 142 | ||
| 8½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 7 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 41 | 17 | 58 | ||
| 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 23 | 29 | 52 | ||
| 9½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | 7 | 7 | ||
| 11½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 5 | 5 | |||
| 12½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 & over. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS OF DWELLINGS | OVER-CROWDED | – | 12 | 5 | 112 | +110 | 707 | 843 | 15 | 179 | 75 | 254 | 18 | 55 | 60 | 21 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | +2,529 | |||
| Not OVER CROWDEO | – | – | 42 | 1,373 | 1,298 | 2,331 | 3,985 | 17 | 3,441 | 446 | 2,247 | 54 | 2,704 | 195 282 | 575 | 1,256 | 53 | 103 | 581 | 71 | 18 271 13 | 31 | 4 378 | 21,767 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 12 | 47 | 1,485 | 1,408 | 3,038 | 4,828 | 32 | 3,820 | 521 | 2,501 | 72 | 2,759 | 255 | 303 | 614 | 1,270 | 58 | 104 | 582 | 72 | 18 | 272 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 378 | 24,296 | ||||
| * 0 = a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet: ½ = a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| t Including 9 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||