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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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The percentage of working-class dwellings overcrowded was
2.5 compared with 2.2 in the whole of Middlesex. The lowest percentages
of overcrowding in Middlesex were in Ruislip-Nortlnvood
with 0.4 and 0.6 in Southgate, and the highest were Hendon and
Willesden with 4.1.
As stated on previous pages, the numbers and percenta;.;irefer
solely to working-class accommodation, and include only tlu-~*'
dwellings. The number and percentage in Hendon, with a popts
lation of 134,160 refer only to 13,921 dwellings, whilst in Willestk'u
with a population of 188,440 they refer to 44,762 dwellings. H«'
the figures are probably a correct index of overcrowding in workir
class dwellings.
In the districts adjacent to Acton the figures were as follow -'
Number Overcrowded Percentage
Hammersmith 1,718 4.9
Brentford & Chiswick 305 2.9
Ealing _ _ 314 2.1
Willesden 1,845 4.1

Table: The final result was as follows:—

The final result was as follows:—

Size of Letting.Number of lettings.Overcrowded.
1 room42239
2 rooms1,354132
3 „5,385186
4 „3,24260
5 „3,46511
6 „2,1122
7 ,,633-
8 „176-
9 „92-
10„41-
11„17-
12 „3-
13 „--
14 „1-
16,943430