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Greenwich 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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(c) Other.—One family was rehoused by other means.
Overcrowding.—As a direct result of rehousing carried out
under (a), (b) and (c) above 7 cases of overcrowding were abated
during the year under review. The number of unabated certified
cases of overcrowding in the Borough now amounts to 35.
During 1964 there was a fall in the number of complaints
received concerning overcrowding, the year's figure of 36 showing
a decrease of 23 from that of the previous year. Each complaint
was investigated by the Public Health Inspector concerned and as a
result of these investigations 11 families were found to be overcrowded
according to the standards laid down by the Housing Act,
1957, and were subsequently certified as such.
It can be seen by the figures in the following table that there was a definite decline between the years 1946 and 1960 in the number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions in the Borough. Since then there has been a slight but perhaps significant increase.
| Year | No. of cases of overcrowding reported | |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 261 | |
| 1947 | 128 | |
| 1948 | 162 | |
| 1949 | 168 | |
| 1950 | 148 | |
| 1951 | 56 | |
| 1952 | 52 | |
| 1953 | 53 | |
| 1954 | 39 | |
| 1955 | 39 | |
| 1956 | 38 | |
| 1957 | 25 | |
| 1958 | 18 | |
| 1959 | 10 | |
| 1960 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 5 | |
| 1962 | 4 | |
| 1963 | 15 | |
| 68 | ||
| 1964 | 11 | |