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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
Hampstead 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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| 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 | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | 8 | 8½ | 9 | 9½ | 10 | 10½ | 11 | 11½ | 12 | 12½ | 13 & over | Overcrowded. | Not Overcrowded. | Total. | ||
| 1 | 1 | - | - | 2,675 | 13 | 823 | 6 | - | 595 | - | - | - | 204 | - | - | - | 65 | - | 4 | 26 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | 19 | 1 | 4,441 | 4,442 | |
| 1½ | - | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 1 | - | 13 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 51 | 52 | |
| 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | †294 | 1,529 | 99 | - | 2,309 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 872 | - | 1 | — | 319 | _ | - | 170 | - | - | 76 | - | 1 | - | 39 | †5 | 5,720 | 5,725 | |
| 2½ | - | - | - | 32 | 9 | 2 | 250 | 3 | 658 | 2 | 15 | - | 190 | - | - | 2 | 83 | - | - | 26 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 4 | 41 | 1,245 | 1,286 | |
| 3 | - | - | - | 12 | 6 | 3 | 262 | - | 1,074 | 10 | 54 | - | 732 | - | - | 7 | 354 | - | - | 218 | 2 | - | 122 | - | - | - | 84 | 21 | 2,919 | 2,940 | |
| 3½ | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | 9 | - | 202 | - | 26 | - | 137 | - | - | - | 89 | - | - | 33 | 1 | - | 20 | - | - | - | 11 | 78 | 519 | 597 | |
| 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 70 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 228 | 3 | 411 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 223 | - | - | 180 | - | - | 92 | - | 1 | - | 76 | 95 | 1,280 | 1,375 | |
| 4½ | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 44 | - | 64 | 2 | - | 3 | 49 | - | - | 31 | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | 7 | 17 | 227 | 244 | |
| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 4 | - | 3 | 6 | 78 | 3 | 147 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 107 | - | - | 98 | 1 | - | 50 | - | 1 | - | 62 | 47 | 564 | 611 | |
| 5½ | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 22 | 2 | 9 | - | 39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | - | - | 20 | - | - | 12 | - | 1 | - | 20 | 36 | 116 | 152 | |
| 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 32 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 37 | 1 | - | 49 | 1 | - | 29 | - | 1 | - | 34 | 51 | 194 | 245 | |
| 6½ | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 35 | 49 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 1 | - | 20 | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | 28 | 22 | 98 | 120 | |
| 7½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | |
| 8½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 9½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 10½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 11½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 12½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 13 & over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| TOTALS OF DWELLINGS | OVERCROWDEO | 2 | - | 3 | 45 | †17 | 200 | 38 | 3 | 90 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | †449 | ||
| NOT OVER CROWDED | - | - | - | 2,676 | 315 | 2,374 | 618 | 3 | 4,858 | 46 | 454 | 7 | 2,807 | 20 | 20 | 83 | 1,380 | 3 | 7 | 895 | 10 | 1 | 478 | - | 5 | 1 | 407 | 17,468 | |||
| TOTAL | 2 | - | 3 | 2,721 | 332 | 2,574 | 656 | 6 | 4,948 | 57 | 476 | 10 | 2,817 | 22 | 21 | 84 | 1,380 | 3 | 8 | 895 | 10 | 1 | 478 | - | 5 | 1 | 407 | 17,917 | |||
* O=a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet:½ = a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet.
† Including 2 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.