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Comments on Form C relating to the Whole Borough.
1. Form C discloses the fact that there are 4,080 overcrowded
families out of a total of 37,102 families (11 per cent.).
2. (a) 36 per cent. of the overcrowded families occupy rooms with
"permitted numbers" of 3J to 5 persons, which, by converting
into terms of rooms on the standard of Table I of
the First Schedule to the Housing Act, 1935, would be
equivalent to 3-roomed lettings.
(b) 33 per cent. of the overcrowded families occupy rooms with
"permitted numbers" of 2½ to 3 persons (the equivalent of
2-roomed lettings)
(c) 16 per cent. of the overcrowded families occupy rooms with
"permitted numbers" of 5½ to 7½ persons (the equivalent
of 4-roomed lettings).
(d) 13 per cent. of the overcrowded families occupy rooms with
"permitted numbers" of less than 1 to 2 persons (the
equivalent of 1-roomed lettings).
(e) 2 per cent, of the overcrowded families occupy rooms with
"permitted numbers" of 8 to 10 persons (the equivalent
of 5-roomed lettings).