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St Pancras 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.Metropolitan Borough of ST. PANCRAS.

HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.

Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.

Metropolitan Borough of ST. PANCRAS.

Size of family ("equivalent 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.Totals of Families.
. *0*½11½22½33½44½55½66½77½88½99½1010½1111½1212½13 & over.Overcrowded.Not Overcrowded.Total.
1--2354,2442,1801,743664264219103-21936542--28--17-1-6-10,16810,168
1½--3510495034-15-4-4---2----------35168203
2--31102†1,3424,3772,18613,02712172541,212172586263851238-4513-34117213,57413,746
2 ½--2101149341,59018305731742232821551-241-1---102523,1793,431
3--152121482,22822,065121822111,35846771894019622018-61-21542227,6917,913
3½---191636836444802722032728134175-4341-16---47671,2021,969
4--1121248345255513187771,0055510822242613172271726934-479653,2854,250
4½---19133130314182065174925446138373-6--14290604894
5---4-153163323554451460328641452991361901515926-364011,9262,327
5½---335349-10697121361514354952318-10-2-8294317611
6----14348-15213119423436313918415121501824856-393807471,127
6½----13316-49244191319443544275-111--3155166321
7---1-1813139437922173465878962934713131161360521
7½---1174-2861815315251621115-10-1-48975164
8-----22-25417-5211515566538420-5141133149282
8½-----5--3-5-19-4532210315-2-4442973
9-----11-7-4-1334821316611134-9445397
9½--------3---5--3-12112611-4141630
10--------2-1-7-21--224-8---7171936
10½--------2---31--4-----31-1-10515
11-----1----1-3--12-----1---38412
11½------------1---21-----1-11437
12--------2-------1---------6369
12½----------------1--1-------2-2
13 & over-----------1----------1----2-2
TOTAL OF OWELLINGSOVER-OROWDED--70296†3521,3481,24212455933171613925403315343--1----†4,464
NOT OVER CROWDED--2354,2543,5416,2046,702107,1144943,719505,2292394561,0612,00089851,244130164541940635543,746
TOTAL--3054,5503,8937,5527,944227,5695874,036665,3682644961,0942,01592891,247130164551940635548,210

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*0 = a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet ½ = a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet.
† Including 39 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.
Note:—The families recorded on the left of the thick diagonal line are all overcrowded, and the worst cases of overcrowding are those furthest from the line.
The families recorded on the right of the line are those not overcrowded.
Persona dwelling in overcrowded dwellings. 20,712.