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Hammersmith 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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66
HOUSING SURVEY.
In accordance with your instructions a survey of the
Borough was carried out during the period commencing
the 18th January and ending in July, 1987.
A temporary staff of ten enumerators for house visiting
and four clerks were engaged. The enumerators were
under the supervision of two permanent Sanitary Inspectors,
whose normal duties were undertaken by two
temporary Sanitary Inspectors, and the clerical staff and
keeping of records, etc., were under the supervision of a
permanent member of my clerical staff.
I append hereunder the figures at the end of the survey:—
| Number of houses surveyed | 18,236 | ||
| Number of dwellings in houses surveyed | 35,927 | ||
| Number of houses not surveyed | 3,364 | ||
| Number of dwellings overcrowded:— | |||
| Ward No. 1 | 165 | Ward No. 4 | 138 |
| Ward No. 2 | 394 | Ward No. 5 | 201 |
| Ward No. 8 | 197 | Ward No. 6 | 348 |
| Ward No. 7 | 118 | ||
| Total South | 756 | Total North | 805 |
| Total for whole Borough | 1,561 | ||
| Number of overcrowded cases abated | 100 | ||
| Number of houses containing underground rooms:— | |||
| Ward No. 1 | 652 | Ward No. 4 | 622 |
| Ward No. 2 | 1,775 | Ward No. 5 | 905 |
| Ward No. 8 | 1,240 | Ward No. 6 | 353 |
| Ward No. 7 | 317 | ||
| Total South | 3,667 | Total North | 2,197 |
| Total for whole Borough | 5,864 | ||