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Of the 8,102 houses shown above as part of Municipal Housing Schemes, 935
were provided by the Borough of Barking and 7,167 by the London County Council.
(b) Housing Act, 1935—Overcrowding.—A postal census was taken of 17,649
houses in the district. The method employed produced replies from over 90 per
cent, of the occupiers without reminders. In only 60 instances was it necessary to
visit for the purpose of the preliminary survey.
The degree of intensity of the overcr6wding is shown in the following tables:—
TABLE 1.
No. of houses.
No. of persons in excess.
157
½ person.
129
1 „
48
1½ „
45
2 „
22
2½
6
3
9
3½ „
4
4 „
1
4½ „
Overcrowded
421
TABLE 2.
WARD COMPARISONS.
Ward.
No. of
houses
and
shops.
Overcrowded.
Houses
Sublet.
Occupied by families.
Total.
2.
3.
4.
Abbey
2,251
52
355
343
11
1
Cam bell
2,863
77
23
23
–
–
Eastbury
2,957
93
229
212
17
–
Gascoigne
2,340
105
242
239
3
–
Longbridge
1,324
4
153
145
8
–
Manor
2,871
46
11
11
–
–
Park
1,676
11
340
329
11
–
Parsloes
2,100
33
14
14
–
–
18,382
421
1,367
1,316
50
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