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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
Enfield 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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At the time of the inspection there were 577 vacant dwellings
in the District, and these dwellings contained 3,047 rooms. Of
these empty houses, 17 were Council houses containing 68 rooms.
As already stated, there were 341 dwellings found to be overcrowded.
Of these, 110 were Council houses, or 6.47 per cent.
of the 1 ,740 houses belonging to the Council; 231 were non-Council
houses, or 1.193 per cent. of the remaining 19,360 dwellings in
the District.
32.258 per cent. of the overcrowding in the District was in
Council houses, and 67.742 per cent. in non-Council houses.
The extent of the overcrowding was as follows:—
(The expression "½" refers to a child under 10 years of age, and a unit is one adult or two children under the age of 10 years.)
| Houses. | Overcrowded to the extent of | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | Total. | |
| Units | ||||||||||||
| Council | 36 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 110 |
| Non-Council | 83 | 57 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 231 |
| Totals | 119 | 93 | 61 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 341 |
The overcrowding occurred in the following types of dwellings :—
| Houses. | Houses containing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Nil rooms. | 1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | 6 rooms. | |
| Council | - | - | - | 25 | 80 | 5 | - |
| Non-Council | 1 | 16 | 40 | 53 | 74 | 44 | 3 |
| Totals | 1 | 40 | 78 | 154 | 49 | 3 | |
* refers to a dwelling where the one room did not measure 50 square feet.