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Wandsworth 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.
Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.
Metropolitan Borough of WANDSWORTH.
* 0 = a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet: j = a dwelling of 1 room between -50 and 70 square feet (see preamble, p. 1).
t Including 6 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.