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City of Westminster 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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In order to give a comparative indication of the incidence of overcrowding
in the County of London, the following table, which gives the extent
of overcrowding in each Metropolitan Borough in relation to overcrowding
in London as a whole, has been prepared by the London County Council.

Table: The table gives the proportion which the "equivalent number" of persons living in overcrowded conditions bears to the estimated total "equivalent population" in each borough.

The table gives the proportion which the "equivalent number" of persons living in overcrowded conditions bears to the estimated total "equivalent population" in each borough.

Metropolitan Borough.Number of overcrowded families.Number of " equivalent persons " overcrowded.Proportion of estimated total " equivalent population " in the Borough overcrowded. Per Cent.
Battersea1,96810,3717.4
Bermondsey3.16317,04217.8
Bethnal Green3,89420,21921.7
Camberwell2,95015,7067.1
Chelsea7493.6616.6
Deptford1,3176,6047.1
Finsbury2,45812,18720.5
Fulham1,7959,3236.9
Greenwich1,0916,3567.1
Hackney2,65113,6006.9
Hammersmith1,7288,1826.8
Hampstead4492,0632.4
Holborn7003,2269.4
Islington6,75731,94111.2
Kensington2,52911 7867.0
Lambeth3,88119,7987.5
Lewisham10,576,7283.3
Paddington1,9988,8796.7
Poplar4,08022,38616.8
St. Marylebone1,6197,3648.4
St. Pancras4,46420,71211.8
Shoreditch3,89819,35323.6
Southwark4,09620,47814.0
Stepney7,63238,86419.7
Stoke Newington4622,1934.6
Wand worth1,80110,3333.2
Westminster1,0835,0304.2
Woolwich6833,6062.7
Total for County of London (i.e., exclusive of the City of London)70,953357,9899.1