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The following particulars were submitted to the Council:—
Number of dwellings inspected
15,981
„ „ families involved
20,540
Families found to be overcrowded
1,088
Percentage of Overcrowding:—
Ward.
Percentage.
Marsh
6.7
North
5.3
South-east
.9
South
4.3
West
3.6
North-west
11.3
St. Nicholas
12.1
Charlton
3.8
Kidbrooke
4.0
For the Borough
5.3
One interesting feature disclosed by the Survey is that the
municipally-owned dwelling houses in the Borough are overcrowded
to a larger degree than privately-owned premises, the following
being the comparable figures, namely:—
Percentage.
Dwelling-houses privately owned 4.8
Dwelling-houses owned by the Greenwich Borough
Council 6.7
Premises owned by the London County Council 14.2
In March 1936, the London County Council together with
the Metropolitan Standing Joint Committee agreed as to the
method of arriving at the number of new dwellings likely to be
required in order to abate the overcrowding and following the
instructions issued, the number of new dwellings required in
Greenwich on the standard of 1½ persons per room is as follows:—
3 roomed houses
87
4 „ „
134
5 „ „
47
6 „ „
3
271