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Chislehurst 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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(iv) Overcrowding.
The position with regard to overcrowding is shown in the following Table:—
| WARD | No. of cases, July 1936 | 31 Dec,,1936 | 31 Dec., 1937 | 31 Dec.. 1918 | 31 Dec., 1939 | 31 Dec., 1940 | 31 Dec., 1941 | 31 Dec., 1942 | 31 Dec., 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number of Cases | No. persons concerned | Cases remedied during year | Cases found during year | Cases to end of year | No. persons concerned | Cases remedied during year | Cases found during year | Cases to end of year | No. persons concerned | Cases remedied during year | Cases found during year | Cases to end of year | No. persons concerned | Cases remedied during year | Cases found during year | Cases to end of year | No. persons concerned | Cases remedied during year | Cases found during year | Cases to end of year | No. persons concerned | Cases remedied during year | Cases found during year | Cases to end of year | No. persons concerned | Cases found during year | Cases remedied during year | Cases at end of year | |||||||||||
| Number | No. persons | concerned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | A ged over 10 | Aged under 10 | Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamorbey | 12 | 13 | 77 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 8 | ||
| Longlands | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Birchwood | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Mottingham | 8 | 9 | 50 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | — | - | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 10 |
| Chislehurst Commons | 11 | 13 | 68 | 18 | 9 | — | 4 | 25 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | -- | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Frognal | 5 | 5 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | — | - | - | - | — | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | — | - | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| North Cray | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | - | — | - | 1 | 4 | — | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | — | 1 | 4 | - | — | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| St. Pauls Cray | 4 | 8 | 40 | 20 | 5 | - | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | - | — | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 9 |
| Totals | 35 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | 51 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | ; | 10 | 13 | 12 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 287 | 151 | 82 | 52 | |39 | 57 | 77 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 90 | 57 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||