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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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There were a few cases of over-crowding in the larger houses, but they were few and far between, and are not vitally important.
| Number of persons in family. | Number of families occupying the rooms. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 | 542 (406) | 251 (146) | 257 (133) | 121 (66) | 53 (57) |
| 2 | 279 (286) | 741 (461) | 1494 (732) | 704 (447) | 499 (385) |
| 3 | 123 (169) | 484 (410) | 1250 (900) | 977 (612) | 743 (589) |
| 4 | 72 (65) | 234 (188) | 866 (737) | 768 (567) | 650 (588) |
| 5 | 27 (12) | 122 (91) | 511 (563) | 458 (386) | 473 (462) |
| 6 | 13 (5) | 49 (44) | 263 (353) | 245 (268) | 267 (301) |
| 7 | 7 (1) | 31 (25) | 137 (213) | 126 (171) | 143 (176) |
| 1 (1) | 8 (11) | 62 (121) | 71 (100) | 78 (130) | |
| 9 | 1 (1) | 6 (5) | 36 (48) | 39 (52) | 40 (69) |
| 1 (1) | 22 (25) | 16 (29) | 18 (38) | ||
| 2 (1) | 7 (7) | 5 (18) | 10 (16) | ||
| 12 | 1 (3) | 5 (1) | 2 (4) | ||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | 1 (2) | ||||
| 15 or over | 1 - | ||||
The figures in brackets are the corresponding numbers in 1921.
If we adopt the standard that a house is over-crowded if
more than 2 persons occupy a room, the conditions in one and two
roomed tenements are less favourable than in 1921 and more
favourable in three-, four- and five-roomed tenements.