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Stepney 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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APPENDIX I.
RESULTS OF THE OVERCROWDING SURVEY— November 4th to
December 13th, 1935.
Table I. Stepney as a whole.
(a) Structurally separate dwellings surveyed (Forms A) 35,199
(b) ,, ,, ,, measured (Forms B) 9,565
(c) Separate families in (A) 49,317
(id) ,, ,, found to be overcrowded 7,612
(e) Percentage of overcrowded families 15.42

Table: Table II. Results in Estates of Local Authorities.

Table II. Results in Estates of Local Authorities.

Authority. , __No. of families.No. overcrowded.Percentage.
Borough Council74419526.21
London County Council86419222.27
City Corporation1091816.51

Table: Table III. Results in each of the 16 Sanitary Districts.

Table III. Results in each of the 16 Sanitary Districts.

District No.No. of houses surveyed [form a).No. of houses surveyed (form b).No. of families.No. of families overcrowded .Percentage.Approx. identification of district.
11,9924922,60940115.36Mile End W and part W'plE
23,2086364,4823517.82Mile End S.
32,4147203,66767418.38Mile End Central.
42,2926074,1993688.76Mile End S.E. & small part of Limehouse S.
52,1925033,6573288.96Mile End N.E.
62,5455553,7673368.91Mile End N.
72,0886042,27439717.45Mile End New Town & part of Whitechapel E.
82,2666312,48252221.03Spitalfields E. & partW'chpl Middle.
91,4844881,83338721.03Spitalfields W. & part W'chpl. Middle.
101,3423711,77236220.44W'chpl. S. & part St. Georges N.
111,6754452,20742019.03Parts of St. Georges N. & St. Georges S.
121,7735512,66153320.03St. Georges N.
132,6388513,10069822.51St. Georges S. & Tower.
142,4827003,04763420.81Shadwell and S. part of Ratcliff.
152,8258154,31572016.68Limehouse N. & N. part of
Ratcliff.
161,9825963,24548114.82Limehouse S.
Totals35,1999,56549,3177,61215.42