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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Tables of house-to-house inspections which follow show
the names of the streets and the number of houses inspected, the
number of houses in which defects were found, the percentage of
defects to houses inspected, as well as the number of families
living in one, two, three and four rooms and upwards.
In 3,186 out of the total of 5,686 houses inspected, or 56.03
per cent., sanitary defects necessitating the service of an intimation
notice were found.
The highest percentage was in the Balham Ward, where the
percentage was 79.22, and the lowest in Southfield Ward, where
it was only 39.53, the next lowest being Springfield, where it was
41.45.
The following Table, which is prepared from the figures given
in the summary, shows the percentage to total number of families
of those living in one, two, three or four rooms and upwards, in
the separate Wards and in the whole Borough.

Clapham North had the highest percentage of families living
in one room, and Putney the lowest.