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Stepney 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.(November 4th to December 13th, 1935). Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY

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HOUSING ACT, 1935.—OVERCROWDING SURVEY.(November 4th to December 13th, 1935). Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.

Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY

Size of family ("equivalent number" of persons)		Size of dwelling occupied, in terms of the maximum " equivalent number " of persons permitted to occupy it without causing it to be overcrowded.																											Totals of Families.
Size of family ("equivalent number" of persons)		*0	*½	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	Over-crowded.	Not Over-crowded.	Total.
1		3	15	122	3,426	744	1,224	231	5	507	19	58	1	136	2	4	3	18	-	-	16	2	-	3	-	-	-	3	18	6,524	6,542
1½		-	-	1	5	34	45	17	-	6	-	4	-	2	1	-	1	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	119	120
2		-	1	43	152	†952	3,652	1,169	19	2,470	133	358	25	919	23	27	40	232	1	6	162	4	-	26	1	-	-	14	†216	10,213	10,429
2½		-	-	4	244	131	76	1,637	16	987	34	151	7	312	7	11	19	72	2	1	38	1	-	2	-	1	-	1	379	3,375	3,754
3			-	4	170	111	83	1,928	12	2,295	131	424	20	1,538	41	74	89	567	13	11	382	7	3	56	1	2	-	30	368	7,624	7,992
3½		-	-	-	49	36	663	204	5	597	40	171	2	379	13	18	27	123	1	1	79	4	1	12	-	1	-	6	952	1,480	2,432
4		-	-	-	32	24	960	274	28	88	203	1,072	34	1,467	67	77	117	611	14	17	465	28	4	77	2	4	-	53	1,318	4,400	5,718
4½		-	-	1	16	8	267	83	12	36	60	292	9	329	16	15	39	171	4	6	91	4	1	15	1	1	-	16	423	1,070	1,493
5		-	-	-	13	6	416	97	11	54	124	639	19	982	63	63	93	594	14	14	550	19	3	94	2	4	-	64	721	3,217	3,938
5½		-	-	-	1	3	139	40	-	290	15	52	8	261	18	18	23	102	5	5	86	4	1	12	1	3	-	8	540	555	1,095
6		-	-	-	6	-	192	39	5	460	39	125	34	77	78	109	164	391	24	14	374	10	3	66	2	3	-	45	900	1,360	2,260
6½		-	-	-	2	1	71	18	1	193	13	34	14	25	30	34	50	88	7	4	80	5	-	14	1	-	-	9	372	322	694
7		-	-	-	1	-	86	16	-	207	18	30	20	39	47	55	72	234	16	11	229	11	5	41	3	3	-	34	464	714	1,178
7½		-	-	-	-	1	29	6	1	71	7	19	7	15	13	13	29	76	8	7	56	2	-	9	-	1	1	9	182	198	380
8		-	-	-	-	-	26	4	-	77	7	9	-	168	9	16	27	18	13	21	143	14	1	18	2	6	-	20	343	256	599
8½		-	-	-	1	1	7	2	-	28	2	5	2	46	2	9	10	7	10	7	34	7	1	8	2	1	-	5	122	75	197
9		-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	24	1	5	1	48	2	6	10	7	8	10	59	9	1	13	-	3	-	15	114	110	224
9½		-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	16	-	1	-	24	-	4	5	4	3	6	2	2	2	5	-	1	-	2	66	14	80
10		-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	11	-	3	-	17	3	1	2	7	6	7	6	7	3	15	-	1	-	9	66	35	101
10½		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	1	3	-	2	4	3	1	-	2	26	12	38
11		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	3		-	1	6	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	2	-	3	17	6	23
11½		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	8
12		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	2	9
12½		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	5
13 & over.		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	8	-	8
TOTALS OF OWELLINGS	OVER- CROWDED	3	16	53	687	†342	2,947	783	58	1,474	227	284	78	404	76	49	58	41	19	14	14	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	†7,632
	NOT OVER CROWDED	-	-	122	3,431	1,710	4,997	4,982	57	6,950	620	3,169	125	6,402	359	505	766	3,300	132	135	2,847	140	31	491	21	38	2	353		41,686
	TOTAL	3	16	175	4,118	2,052	7,944	5,765	115	8,424	847	3,453	203	6,806	435	554	824	3,341	151	149	2,861	142	32	492	21	39	2	353			49,317
*0 = a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet: ½ = a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet †Including 20 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.