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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
Acton 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The rooms counted are the normal living rooms, including
kitchens and bed-rooms, but excluding sculleries, boxrooms, and
rooms used for business and professional purposes.
The percentage figures for 1911 and 1921 show that comparatively
more families occupied one and two room tenements in the
latter year than the former.
Percentage number of families occupying the following number of rooms:—
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 & 7 | 8 & 9 | 10 & over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 5.4 | 7 | 23.7 | 16.8 | 12.6 | 22.1 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 100% |
| 1921 | 6.3 | 9.3 | 25.3 | 18.3 | 12.6 | 18.9 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 100% |
The reduction in the percentage figures for dwellings with more
than 7 rooms has no public health significance and probably bears
no relation to the housing problem. The reduction is caused by
other factors.
Size of Family in Relation to Number of Rooms Occupied.—
The following table gives the essential aspect of housing and overcrowding
in a more striking manner than any of the other tables.
In it the private families are analysed according to the number of
persons in the family and also by the unit of occupation, i.e the
number of rooms occupied by the family whether forming the whole
or part only of a structurally separate building.