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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

Penge 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: C.—Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936

C.—Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936

D.—Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936—
4.—Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year70
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein70
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein:—
Over 10 years323
Under 10 years130
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year52
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year65
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases:—
Over 10 years285
Under 10 years85

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(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded
after the Local Authority have taken
steps for the abatement of overcrowding.
In one house a further case of overcrowding
occurred during the year, and after a notice
had been served upon the owner-occupier, the
overcrowding was abated.