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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

Croydon 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: HOUSING CONDITIONS CENSUS, 1931.

HOUSING CONDITIONS CENSUS, 1931.

Dwellings, Rooms and Families.Persons per room.
Rooms123456-8 9 or more
1 Private Family89426193983801656566472158Upper Norwood0.70
2 Private Families52542017263453439
3 or more23375477474Norbury0.68 0.77
No. of persons in family.No. of private families occupying the following number of rooms.West Thornton
Bensham Manor0.73
1125380557440037929056Thornton Heath0.82
238817462611247234242893406South Norwood0.72
314811982059285146174208778Woodside0.79
4615111174234040263733861East0.61
524215533141724842206675Addiscombe0.74
648124980413431075443Whitehorse Manor0.93
7338137461629579306Broad Green0.86
8—2251246317234155Central0.78
91113311514211781Waddon0.87
10—1660795835South0.66
11—1426331612Addington0.68
12—12614910Borough0.75
13——13356
14———12—I
15 and over———1——6
1882463074341120317492154233831
Percentage of families living in various units of occupation.3.07.512.018.128.324.96.21931.
3.87.29.218.827.223.710.11921.

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Water.
The water supply is drawn from deep wells in the chalk.
These wells are situated at Surrey Street, Stroud Green, Waddon,
Selhurst, and Addington. A portion of the northern side of the
Borough obtains water supplies from the Metropolitan Water
Board.