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148 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Springfield Ward, Wandsworth, had the highest percentage
of families living in one room, and Putney the lowest. Clapham
North had the highest percentage living in two rooms and Southfield
the lowest. Springfield had the highest percentage living in
three rooms and Clapham North the lowest. Putney had the
highest percentage living in four rooms and upwards, and Springfield
the lowest.
In the Borough, of the total families whose houses were
inspected during the year, viz. :—7,705, 7.6 per cent. lived in one
room, compared with 6.9 per cent. in 1907, and 7'o per cent, in
1906; 11.8 per cent. in two rooms, compared with 10.4 and 9.7;
29.7 Per cent. in three rooms, compared with 34.7 and 25.3; and
50.9 per cent. in four rooms and upwards, compared with 48
and 58.