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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1935
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The families recorded on the left of the thick diagonal .line are all overcrowded
and the worst cases of overcrowding are those farthest from the line.
The families recorded to the right of the line are families not overcrowded.
HOUSING ACT, 1935.-OVERCROWDING SURVEY. Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied. CITY OF WESTMINSTER.
| Size of ("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. | Total* of Families. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *0 | *½ | 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 | – | – | 156 | 3,932 | 1,526 | 1,791 | 318 | – | 583 | 2 | 80 | – | 209 | – | 2 | 8 | 37 | – | – | 17 | 2 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 8 | – | 8,678 | 8,678 | |
| 1½ | – | – | 27 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 33 | – | 6 | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 102 | 129 | |
| 2 | – | – | 16 | 46 | 1,038 | 2,937 | 835 | 3 | 1,888 | 32 | 282 | – | 594 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 173 | 4 | 6 | 87 | 4 | – | 10 | – | – | – | 39 | †68 | 7,974 | 8,042 | |
| 2v | – | – | 1 | 23 | 29 | 16 | 660 | 3 | 398 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | – | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 53 | 1,323 | 1,376 | |
| 3 | – | – | – | 6 | 21 | 13 | 890 | 2 | 1,483 ——— | 24 | 194 | 1 | 569 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 160 | 2 | 7 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 32 | – | 1 | – | 36 | 40 | 3,564 | 3,604 | |
| 3½ | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 92 | 57 | 1 | 267 | 6 | 40 | – | 95 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 153 | 456 | 614 | |
| 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 131 | 100 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 536 | 1 | 475 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 152 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 6 | – | 22 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 236 | 1,431 | 1,667 | |
| 4½ | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 23 | – | 5 | 11 | 125 | 7 | 97 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 5 | 62 | 286 | 348 | |
| 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 25 | 36 | – | 8 | 10 | 225 | 1 | 221 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 115 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 3 | – | 11 | 2 | – | – | 25 | 82 | 683 | 765 | |
| 5½ | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 11 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 71 | 73 | 144 | |
| 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 5 | – | 78 | – | 15 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 48 | 57 | – | 2 | 18 | 4 | – | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | 21 | 109 | 203 | 312 | |
| 6½ | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 26 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 20 | – | – | 8 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 41 | 59 | 100 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 21 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 5 | 42 | 90 | 132 | |
| 7½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | 30 | 44 | |
| 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | 1 | 18 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | 14 | 32 | 48 | 60 | |
| 8½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 13 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | 14 | 32 | |
| 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 10 | 19 | 29 | |
| 9½ | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | –- | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| 10½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 11½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 12½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 13 & over | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| TOTAL OF DWELLINGS | OVER CROWDER | – | – | 44 | 79 | t65 | 319 | 238 | 5 | 195 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,083 | ||
| NOT OVER CROWDER | – | – | 156 | 3,936 | 2,563 | 1,771 | 2,756 | 9 | 4,648 | 126 | 1,545 | 12 | 2,416. | 45 | 116 | 265 | 830 | 17 | 41 | 408 | 47 | 3 | 113 | 4 | 4 | – | 203 | 25,053 | |||
| TOTAL | – | – | 200 | 4,015 | 2,648 | 6,090 | 2,994 | 14 | 4,643 | 143 | 1,582 | 18 | 2,463 | 49 | 125 | 273 | 836 | 18 | 42 | 409 | 47 | 3 | 113 | 4 | 4 | – | 203 | 26,136 | |||
*0 = a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet: ½ = a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet (see preamble, p. 1).
†Including 4 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.