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The 430 overcrowded lettings were occupied by 2,036 persons
over ten years of age and 583 children between the ages of one
and ten years.
Table"C"gives in a summary form the result of the survey,
and is a wealth of information about the housing accommodation in the
Borough. It shows the number of families of any given size, and
the number of such families occupying dwellings of any capacity.
The entries below and to the left of the stepped diagonal show the
numbers and distribution of the overcrowded families, whilst those
above and to the right of that diagonal relate to the uncrowded families.
The entries on the stepped diagonal itself show the families
whose accommodation is exactly the minimum permitted by the
overcrowding standard. The further from the diagonal an entry
appears, the greater is the departure from the standard, so that the
worst cases of overcrowding can be picked out at once.
From Table " C " it will be seen that there were 315 families
housed at the minimum standard ; of these 51 lived in one-roomed
dwellings, 134 in two-roomed dwellings, 129 in three rooms and 1 in
four rooms. Of the 39 one-roomed dwellings overcrowded, 25 were
overcrowded by half a unit, 10 by 1 unit, 1 by 1½ units, 2 by 2 units,
and 1 by 2½ units. In 14 out of the 39 the overcrowding was due
to the size of the rooms ; in 2 instances the room was between 50
and 70 square feet in area, and therefore could accommodate only
half a unit, but in both instances it was occupied by an adult. In
12 instances the room was between 90 and 110 square feet in area,
but the lettings were each occupied by two adults. The highest
number of persons in a one—roomed letting was 5-3 persons over ten
and 2 under ten ; the room was overcrowded by 2 units. The greatest
overcrowding in a one-roomed dwelling was 3 persons over ten
and 1 under in a room between 70 and 90 square feet in area ; this
room was overcrowded by 2½ units.
Eleven of the two-roomed lettings were overcrowded solely
on account of the size of the rooms, that is, the lettings were occupied
by 3 or less units, but one or other of the rooms had a floor area of
less than 110 square feet. 52 of the two-roomed lettings were overcrowded
by only half a unit. 4 of the two-roomed lettings were
overorowded to the extent of 3 units, and two to the extent of 4
units,
Altogether 170 of the lettings were overcrowded by half a
unit each.