London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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TABLE III
| Density (Persons per Room) | Number of Families | Totals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons per Family | Actual | As %of Families Involved | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| 3 | — | — | 4 | —- | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 | |
| 2.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| 2.50 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| 2.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | |
| 2.00 | — | — | — | 17 | — | 9 | — | 4 | — | — | 30 | |
| 1.75 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 26 | |
| 1.50 | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 22 | |
| 1.25 | — | — | — | 28 | 14 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | 51 | |
| 1.00 | — | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 46 | |
| 0.75 | — | — | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
| 0.50 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | ||
| 0.25 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Totals | 1 | 6 | 31 | 76 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 218 | |
Average Density
Whole Borough (1951 Census)— 0.83 persons per room
Dysentery Families (1956)— 1.3 „ „ „
(88.5% of Dysentery Families living in conditions more overcrowded than average)