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Shoreditch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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OVERCROWDING SURVEY, 1938. WHOLE BOROUGH
Table No. 136
Equivalent
number of
persons
in family
Size of dwelling occupied, in terms of the maximum " equivalent number " of persons permitted to occupy it without causing it to be overcrowded
Families
overcrowded
Persons
overcrowded
Under
1
1
1½
2
2½
3
3½
4
4½
5
5½
6
6½
7
7½
8
8½
9
9½
10
10½
11
11½
12
12½
13
& over
1
12
12
12
1½
—
—
—
—
2
—
5
41
46
92
2½
—
—
4
65
69
172 ½
3
—
—
4
53
17
74
222
3½
—
5
2
258
265
931
4
5
2
343
12
362
1,448
4½
1
—
87
2
9
99
445½
5
—
—
1
—
2
110
8
23
59
203
1,015
5½
—
—
—
—
2
38
2
10
13
97
162
891
6
—
—
—
1
1
53
3
7
29
106
19
219
1,314
6½
—
—
—
—
—
19
1
2
5
47
6
13
93
604½
7
—
—
—
—
—
17
2
5
10
45
13
15
23
130
910
7½
—
—
—
—
—
6
3
1
5
25
3
7
18
12
80
600
8
—
—
—
—
1
7
—
2
7
16
2
7
9
14
19
84
672
8½
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
7
1
2
5
7
7
4
36
306
9
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
3
7
1
1
4
7
7
6
1
38
342
9½
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
3
3
1
—
1
1
11
104½
10
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
1
—
2
5
—
1
4
2
17
170
10½
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
2
5
52½
11
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
1
—
—
4
44
11½
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
2
23
12
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
12
12½
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
13
& over
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
13
Dwellings
overcrowded
12
5
50
130
27
939
33
59
135
353
46
46
62
46
43
13
4
5
3
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,013
10,396½