Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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APPENDIX B. Overcrowding Survey . Form C relating to the Whole Borough.
| Equivalent number of persons in family. | Number of families containing the equivalent number of persons in the first column occupying dwellings with the permitted number shown at the head of this column. | Totals of Families. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 | 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 and over. | Overcrowded. | Not Over crowded. | Total. | ||
| 1 | 7 | 1 38 | 2057 | 398 | 933 | 221 | 1 | 471 | 17 | 64 | - | 99 | - | 3 | 6 | 28 | - | - | 16 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 4362 | 4369 | |
| 1½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 17 | - | 11 | - | 3 | - | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 111 | 113 | |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 62 | *473 | 2406 | 807 | 14 | 2659 | 95 | 371 | 6 | 867 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 300 | 4 | 1 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 22 | - | - | - | 21 | 70 | 8257 | 8327 | |
| 2½ | 2 | 4 | 141 | 63 | 58 | 1112 | 6 | 1160 | 37 | 163 | 4 | 327 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 71 | - | - | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 210 | 3020 | 3230 | |
| 3 | - | 1 | 90 | 38 | 71 | 897 | 11 | 2175 | 88 | 422 | 14 | 1499 | 51 | 70 | 86 | 491 | 6 | 4 | 289 | 5 | - | 48 | 1 | - | - | 25 | 200 | 6182 | 6382 | |
| 3½ | - | - | 24 | 14 | 303 | 104 | 8 | 555 | 45 | 161 | 6 | 348 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 102 | 4 | - | 62 | 2 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 445 | 1352 | 1797 | |
| 4 | - | - | 16 | 10 | 295 | 94 | 20 | 74 | 172 | 860 | 25 | 1284 | 61 | 56 | 87 | 574 | 5 | 8 | 374 | 5 | - | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 435 | 3666 | 4101 | |
| 4½ | - | - | 8 | 4 | 93 | 39 | 1 | 20 | 62 | 265 | 5 | 283 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 100 | 1 | - | 67 | - | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | 4 | 165 | 850 | 1015 | |
| 5 | - | - | 7 | 2 | 96 | 32 | 8 | 45 | 107 | 432 | 20 | 845 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 451 | 9 | 11 | 336 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 3 | - | 30 | 297 | 2374 | 2671 | |
| 5½ | - | - | 4 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 247 | 13 | 43 | 7 | 248 | 21 | 24 | 31 | 112 | 3 | 4 | 78 | 4 | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 371 | 553 | 924 | |
| 6 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 334 | 22 | 85 | 29 | 75 | 86 | 107 | 147 | 270 | 10 | 9 | 251 | 7 | 1 | 29 | - | 1 | - | 24 | 545 | 1017 | 1562 | |
| 6½ | - | - | 1 | 1 | 28 | 5 | - | 149 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 42 | 33 | 78 | - | 1 | 51 | 2 | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 260 | 255 | 515 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 9 | - | 127 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 59 | 41 | 64 | 66 | 187 | 8 | 6 | 157 | 4 | 2 | 22 | - | - | - | 12 | 320 | 528 | 848 | |
| 7½ | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | - | 51 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 30 | 24 | 68 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 163 | 158 | 321 | |
| 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 7 | - | 131 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 85 | 7 | - | 15 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 238 | 158 | 396 | ||
| 8½ | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 21 | 1 | 2 | - | 60 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 35 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 116 | 57 | 173 | ||
| 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 75 | 163 | ||
| 9½ | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | i | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 46 | 29 | 75 | |
| 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 37 | 16 | 53 | |
| 10½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 24 | 4 | 28 | |
| 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| 11½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| 12½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| 13 and over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Total of Dwellings. | Overcrowded | 11 | 13 | 3 35 | 138 | l026 | 317 | 134 | l068 | 162 | 215 | 80 | 404 | 68 | 61 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4070 | ||
| Not Overcrowded | - | 38 | 2062 | i2. 893 | 3441 | 1305 | 40 | 7105 | 516 | 2741 | 87 | 5882 | 3 35 | 497 | 639 | 2848 | 83 | 67 | 2066 | 66 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 196 | 33032 | |||
| 11 | 51 | 2417 | 1631 | 4467 | 3371 | 74 | 8173 | 678 | 2056 | 167 | 6286 | 423 | 558 | 671 | 2891 | 95 | 81 | 2675 | 70 | 22 | 297 | 297 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 37102 | ||||
| No of this overcrowded by reason of mixing of sexes. | +10 | -10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||