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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over-crowded | Overcrowded | Overcrowded | ||||
| No. of Tenements comprising— | ||||||
| 1 room | 119 | 4 | 81 | 4 | 162 | 6 |
| 2 rooms | 329 | 9 | 268 | 10 | 370 | 40 |
| 3 „ | 1102 | 11 | 1466 | 33 | 1354 | 66 |
| 4 „ | 578 | 3 | 940 | 7 | 525 | 9 |
| 5 „ | 607 | 3 | 470 | 4 | 312 | 3 |
| 6 „ | 371 | 0 | 334 | 0 | 261 | 1 |
| 7 „ | 82 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 8 „ | 53 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 9 „ | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 „ | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 „ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 3279 | 30 | 3648 | 58 | 3033 | 125 |
246 cases of overcrowding were relieved during the year,
affecting 1,551 persons. No premises again became overcrowded
after the Council took action to abate the overcrowding.
In several Annual Reports, it has been pointed out that one
of the most pressing and difficult aspects of the housing question
in this district is that of the rent, and this coupled with the increased
cost of living not only affects overcrowding but also the more
important question of nutrition. For most classes the expansion
in wages has not been sufficient to offset the increase in rent and the
cost of living. For some employed workers the rise in the cost of
living has been partly offset by higher wages, but the unemployed
have had to meet rising prices on a stationary income, and the
families with young children have suffered the most. It is generally