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dwellings were ascertained it has been possible to determine accurately
the perrnitted numbers of persons in respect of the dwellings. In
other cases other calculations have been employed.
The horizontal divisions represent the sizes of the families in
terms of the "equivalent numbers" of persons occupying the
dwellings. In cases in which the ages of children were not ascertained
a child under 10 years of age was counted as half a person.
The table, therefore, gives a picture of the housing conditions (so
far as density is concerned) of the families enumerated in Hampstead
at the time the survey was taken. The thick black diagonal line in
the table separates the overcrowded families from those not overcrowded.
The families recorded on the left of the diagonal line are
all overcrowded and the worst cases of overcrowding are those farthest
from the line. The families recorded to the right of the line are
families not overcrowded.
During the course of the Survey, two instances were discovered,
in one-roomed homes, in which a grown-up son was using the same
room as his mother. These are referred to by the * on the preceding
table.
As a result of the Survey it was found that there were 447
families living in overcrowded conditions in Hampstead. It must,
however, be remembered that, as previously indicated, the standard
adopted is such that although 447 families are reported as "overcrowded"
there must be many others who are living in unduly
crowded conditions which might with advantage be improved upon.
It may be mentioned that the Report on the Survey does not
specifically refer to the number of cases where improper mixing of
sexes occurred. It is probably assumed that in many of these cases
a re-arrangement of the sleeping accommodation can remedy these
conditions.
The extent to which the overcrowding is to be remedied by the
provision of new housing accommodation is arrived at by a calculation