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Stepney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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It should be understood that for purposes of this survey, " number of
persons in a family" means the "equivalent number," calculated as follows :
Child under 1 year of age =0
,, 10years,, ,, =£
Person 10 years and over
(i.e. adult)=l
Thus in the case of a family consisting of :
Husband = 1
Wife = 1
Child aged 17 years = 1
,, ,, 15 ,, = 1
9 = A
4 — ½
,, ,, ,, =½
2 =½
,, ,, 6 months = 0
i.e. 8 individuals = 5½
Table IV.
This table should be read as follows :— of (b) number of families consisting of (a) number of persons, (c) number are overcrowded.
| (a) | (b) | (c) |
|---|---|---|
| Equivalent number of persons in family. | Total number of such families, | Number of such families which are overcrowded. |
| 1 | 6,542 | 18 |
| 1½ | 120 | 1 |
| 2 | 10,429 | 196 |
| 2½ | 3,754 | 379 |
| 3 | 7,992 | 368 |
| 3½ | 2,432 | 952 |
| 4 | 5,718 | 1,318 |
| 4½ | 1,493 | 423 |
| 5 | 3,938 | 721 |
| 5½ | 1,095 | 540 |
| 6 | 2,260 | 900 |
| 6½ | 694 | 372 |
| 7 | 1178 | 464 |
| 7½ | 380 | 182 |
| 8 | 599 | 343 |
| 8½ | 197 | 122 |
| 9 | 224 | 114 |
| 9½ | 80 | 66 |
| 10 | 101 | 66 |
| 10½ | 38 | 26 |
| 11 | 23 | 17 |
| 11½ | 8 | 7 |
| 12 | 9 | 7 |
| 12½ | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 8 |