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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 LEWISHAM.

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HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.

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

Metropolitan Borough of LEWISHAM.

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.
Size of family ("equivalent number" of persons)		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		3	862	28	661	8	1	508	3	7	1	263	—	—	2	119	1	—	66	—	—	19	—	—	—	8	—	2,560	2,560
1½		—	1	3	28	1	—	15	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58	58
2		—	7	56	1,439	58	—	2,569	4	29	—	1,675	1	1	7	1,095	—	—	480	2	—	166	—	—	—	75	7	7,657	7,664
2½		1	2	7	5	315	—	1,196	10	47	—	712	1	1	5	294	—	—	90	—	—	13	—	1	—	4	10	2,694	2,704
3		—	3	4	11	218	1	1,916	13	82	—	2,111	5	6	6	1,496	—	—	695	1	1	270	—	—	—	84	18	6,905	6,923
3½		—	—	2	56	16	1	666	4	80	2	717	3	2	7	341	—	—	131	—	—	37	—	—	—	7	74	1,998	2,072
4		—	—	4	44	14	—	6	31	614	1	1,650	18	12	40	1,331	3	5	722	2	1	270	—	1	—	113	62	4,820	4,882
4½		—	—	—	11	2	2	3	10	298	—	574	3	3	12	345	1	—	127	—	—	53	—	—	—	13	18	1,439	1,457
5		—	—	—	7	6	1	2	16	220	4	888	9	5	26	807	2	8	412	2	—	221	—	—	—	89	32	2,693	2,725
5½		—	—	—	3	—	—	105	3	34	1	365	10	8	7	229	1	1	90	1	—	49	—	—	—	18	145	780	925
6		—	—	—	2	—	—	98	4	28	5	129	67	49	63	440	19	5	234	5	—	114	1	—	1	56	137	1,183	1,320
6½		—	—	—	1	—	1	31	1	7	2	87	27	33	37	128	10	1	61	1	—	46	—	—	1	15	130	360	490
7		—	—	—	—	1	—	17	2	6	1	66	26	28	20	204	7	4	117	2	1	66	1	—	—	38	119	488	607
7½		—	—	—	1	1	—	7	—	—	1	33	15	13	15	94	10	7	27	1	—	20	—	—	—	9	71	183	254
8		—	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	63	10	2	4	12	16	25	46	—	1	25	—	—	—	22	84	147	231
8½		—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	—	42	—	—	4	6	8	15	20	—	—	13	—	—	—	6	55	62	117
9		—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	11	—	1	1	6	13	17	18	2	2	14	—	—	—	5	35	58	93
9½		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	1	—	—	1	7	8	2	1	2	10	1	—	—	1	26	17	43
10		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	1	5	6	—	2	1	8	—	1	—	4	18	16	34
10½		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	—	2	—	1	—	—	6	3	9
11		—	_	_	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	—	2	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	1	6	3	9
11½		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	3
12		_	_	_	_	—	_	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	2
12½		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13 & over		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
TOTALS OF DWELLINGS	OVERCROWDED	1	12	17	136	40	4	271	27	77	9	323	52	16	10	18	25	16	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1,057
	NOT OVER CROWDED	3	863	87	2,133	600	3	6,876	75	1,377	9	9,091	144	148	247	6,937	78	88	3,339	22	9	1,417	4	4	2	569		34,125
	TOTAL	4	875	104	2,269	640	7	7,147	102	1,454	18	9,414	196	164	257	6,955	103	104	3,340	23	10	1,417	4	4	2	569			35,182

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Lewisham 1935

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 LEWISHAM.