View report page

51
overcrowded" and to record in detail the measurements of each
room used as a living room or bedroom and the sex and age of
each occupant.
In every case where it was found necessary to send a survey
assistant a notice was posted to the occupier giving 24 hours' notice
of intention to visit and measure. In cases where it was not possible
to inspect during the normal working hours, on account of special
domestic or business reasons, arrangements were made for the
inspection to be made in the late evening at the convenience of the
occupier.
The floor area in square feet of each room measured was computed
by the office staff and the standards of Tables 1 and 2 applied.

Due regard was also paid to cases where insufficient rooms
allowed of proper segregation of the sexes of persons over ten years
of age. Houses not overcrowded at the time of the survey, but
likely to become overcrowded within the next two years, have been
scheduled for review at a date when a child will reach the age of
10 years and consequently counts as an adult. The number of
such cases is 66.
The survey assistants completed the records on Form B on
17th February. The number of houses measured was 2,604.
Results of Survey.
(1) Whole Area (Table 8).
The detailed results of the survey are shown on appended
Table 8 in the form prescribed by the Minister of Health for submission
to the Local Authority and to him.
Table 8 has been completed by the process of addition of the
facts disclosed by the separate returns on Forms A and B in respect
of individual houses. It will be seen that Table 8 is intersected by