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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table shows the number of families in each Ward ascertained in the course of the Housing Survey, 1935, to be overcrowded and not overcrowded.
| Ward. | Area. | Families and Dwellings. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over-crowded. | Not Overcrowded. | |||
| 1 (8) | Brookfield | 504 (5.79 %) | 8220 | 8724 |
| 2 (3) | Grafton, Maitland | 549 (11.1%.) | 4396 | 4945 |
| 3 (7) | Bartholomew, Camden and College | 663 (6.94 %) | 8893 | 9556 |
| 4 (6) | Chalk Farm, Hawley and Castle | 550 (8.82 %) | 5685 | 6235 |
| 5 (5) | Mornington, Euston, Regent's Park | 669 (9.7%) | 6231 | 6900 |
| 6 (1) | Oakley, Ossulston | 627 (16 %) | 3301 | 3928 |
| 7 (2) | Endsleigh, Whitfield | 240 (12.28 %) | 1715 | 1955 |
| 8 (4) | Argyle, Burton, Mecklenburgh | 623 (10.44%) | 5344 | 5967 |
| 4425 (9.18%) | 43785 | 48210 | ||
| +39* | -39* | |||
| 4464 (9.26 %) | 43746 | |||
Notes—(1 Percentage of overcrowing to Total is in italics,
(2) In certain Wards a, number of streets have been specially excluded.
Insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation, and for that reason overcrowded.