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Holborn 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.Metropolitan Borough of HOLBORN.

HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.

Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.

Metropolitan Borough of HOLBORN.

Size of family ("equiva-lent 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*½11½22½33½44½55½66½77½88½99½1010½1111½1212½13 & overOver-crowded.Not Over-crowded.Total.
1--22383384229136-621025213-1-1--12-------1,2711,271
1½---1464-1___-----_----------1616
2--412†244577464419434943367712413-31-1--1†321,6741,706
2½---13118225-39635-16111__---------32342374
3----4229399122727121365117141217111-11-171901972
3½----548525683318212111--------94116210
4----291351243222424444161122621-2512147384531
4½------34-4453-11447---2-------3885123
5----3239-612112327271113271924-1-162202264
5½-----19-3135112522_1-2---1--1492776
6------18-2249_6135274_43521-3--7173144
6½------6--114115-5—-2-111----231538
7------31--25113442-1423-11-2342458
7½------1---9-12261-2--1-----151025
8------1--15__313-1-111--1-214721
8½------1---1--131-2------1--7310
9----------2--1-1-2---2-_-26410
9½----------2--------------1-213
10-----------------11--11---1235
10½------------------------------
11-----------____-___1--------1-1
11½------------------------------
12-------------___--------------
12½-----------------------------
13 & over------------------------------
TOTALS OF OWELLINQSOVER-CROWDED--413†994533221517142231065_32--------†700
NOT OVER CROWDED--223846168301,228760312169715238544310749112921261496132135,158
TOTAL--263977158751,560961813883917241644911249143121261496132135,858

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* 0 = a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet: ½ = a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet.
† Including 16 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.