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Southwark 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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During the year a check was made on all overcrowded
cases on the register, and as a result it was found that 593
premises, 712 families and 3,145 persons were no longer overcrowded.
This was largely due to bombing and evacuations
during the war, and has accordingly brought the overcrowding
percentage in the Borough down from 6.69 to 3.39. The percentage
of new cases reported during 1950 was 1.32. These
figures relate to persons, not families, living in overcrowded
conditions, expressed as a percentage of the estimated
population.

Table: SUMMARY OF OVERCROWDING CASES

SUMMARY OF OVERCROWDING CASES

194819491950
PremisesFamiliesPersonsPremisesFamiliesPersonsPremisesFamiliesPersons
New Cases:(End of 1947)(End of 1948)(End of 1949)
Remaining on register1,0011,1585,6621,0641,2445,9521,0811,2696,006
New Cases reported2593381,4422242821,1682443161,284
Total1,2601,4967,1041,2881,5267,1201,3251,5857,290
Overcrowding abated1962521,1522072571,114164193847
Remaining on register1,0641,2445,9521,0811,2696,0061,1611,3926,443
Cases removed by overcrowding survey------5937123,145
Amended Total1,0641,2445,9521,0811,2696,0065686803,298
Overcrowding abated:
Rehoused by L.C.C.161212962150187803142163727
Rehoused by Borough Council2125116182388789
Rehoused by other Boroughs---------
Rehoused by owners4423228115
Moved away9945334119091053
Found own accommodation12641030
Families reduced in size owing to death, etc.———4425——-
Case reported but later found to be not overcrowded------113
Total1962521,1522072571,114164193827