Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Analysis of Overcrowding.
Number of Families | Number of Persons | Occupying accommodation suitable for | Number of Families | Number of Persons | Occupying accommodation suitable for |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 7½ | 4½ |
1 | 2½ | l | 4 | 7½ | 5 |
4 | 2½ | 2 | 1 | 7½ | 5½ |
7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7½ | 6 |
5 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 7½ | 6½ |
1 | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 7½ | 7 |
45 | 3½ | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4½ |
1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
1 | 4½ | 2½ | 7 | 8 | 6½ |
10 | 4½ | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
1 | 4½ | 3½ | 11 | 8 | 7½ |
2 | 4½ | 4 | 1 | 8½ | 5 |
9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8½ | 6½ |
1 | 5 | 3½ | 4 | 8½ | 7½ |
4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9½ | 5 |
13 | 5 | 4½ | 1 | 9 | 5½ |
1 | 5½ | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
3 | 5½ | 4½ | 1 | 9 | 6½ |
17 | 5½ | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7½ |
6 | 6 | 4½ | 5 | 9 | 8 |
19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8½ |
6 | 6 | 5½ | 1 | 9½ | 6 |
1 | 6½ | 4½ | 1 | 9½ | 7 |
9 | 6½ | 5 | 4 | 9½ | 7½ |
3 | 6½ | 5½ | 1 | 9½ | 8 |
4 | 6½ | 6 | 4 | 9½ | 8½ |
4 | 7 | 4½ | 1 | 9½ | 9 |
10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
1 | 7 | 5½ | 2 | 10 | 7½ |
7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
7 | 7 | 6½ | 2 | 10 | 8½ |
Sixty dwelling-houses will have to be reviewed within the
next two years. These accommodate families with children
between the ages of 8 and 10 years and will become overcrowded
when the children reach the age of ten years.
It has to be particularly recorded that 61 cases of overcrowding
were found in dwelling-houses owned by the Council.
From the totals are to be deducted the numbers of houses
of the same sizes which will be left vacant by the removal of the
overcrowded families. Put in another way, the houses necessary
after the houses too small for larger families are used for the smaller
overcrowded families will be as in the table which follows :—