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Acton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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29 new cases of overcrowding were reported during the year.
The following tables give the overcrowded houses and
tenements in the various districts. For sanitary inspection purposes
the district is divided into 3—No. 1 included practically the NorthEast
and North-West Wards North of the Uxbridge Road; No. 2
roughly included that part of the district south of the Uxbridge
Road and East of Acton Lane; and No. 3 that part of the district
South of the Uxbridge Road and West of Acton Lane.
The highest percentage of overcrowded tenements is in No. 3
district, which included the South-West Ward.
The results have corresponded broadly with those obtained
when Survey B was made, with, as stated, a tendency towards a
general reduction.
Housing Act, 1936.
Total Number of Houses Measured to 31st December, 1937—6,657.

Table: TABLE II. Comprising 9,960 Tenements.

TABLE II. Comprising 9,960 Tenements.

No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.
Over-crowdedOvercrowdedOvercrowded
No of Houses occupied by— 1 tenant137610153811103320
2 tenants52438883382061
3 „1516851010724
4 „75782259
5 ,,912092
6 „101020
7 „000011
8 „101000
9 „000000
10 „000000
11 „000000
12 „000000
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