[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 9

Walthamstow 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

9
Size of Family Units of Occupation.
The essential aspects of housing and overcrowding are given
in Table 11 and a comparison between the finding of 1931 and
1921 is given below:—

Table: DISTRIBUTION OF PRIVATE FAMILIES ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF ROOMS OCCUPIED.

Download table as:

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIVATE FAMILIES ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF ROOMS OCCUPIED.

Units of Occupation. (Rooms)	Private Families.
	Number 1931.	Distribution per cent.	Number 1921.	Distribution per cent.	Increase or Decrease (-)
	1	1,183	3.4	897	2.7	286
	2	3,344	9.6	1,929	6.5	1,415
3	7,635	21.8	6,148	20.9	1,487
4	6,618	18.9	5,930	20.2	688
5	10,455	29.0	9,014	30.7	1,441
6-7	5.268	15.1	4,935	16.9	333
8-9	355	1.0	440	1.5	— 85
10 and over	115	0.3	168	0.6	— 53
Total	34,973	100.0	29,461	100.0	—

Text

Copy text to clipboard

34.8 per cent. of families have only up to 3 rooms, against 30.1
in 1921.
The following Table compares the units of occupation (i.e., the
number of rooms inhabited by the family irrespective of whether
this forms the whole or part of a structurally separate dwelling)
with the actual number of dwellings available.

Table: It will be seen that there is still an enormous need for structurally separate dwelling units, especially in respect of accommodation of 3 rooms or lessif the ideal of one dwelling per family is ever to be reached.

Download table as:

It will be seen that there is still an enormous need for structurally separate dwelling units, especially in respect of accommodation of 3 rooms or lessif the ideal of one dwelling per family is ever to be reached.

Number of Rooms.	Units of Occupation Inhabited by Individual Families.*		Structurally Separate Dwellings.
Number of Rooms.	Number.	Per cent.	Number.	Per cent.
1-3	10,561	32.03	2,421	8.35
4-5	16,760	50.83	16,828	58.02
6 or more	5,654	17.09	9,756	33.63
Total	32,975	100.0	29,005	100.0

Text

Copy text to clipboard

* Exclusive of units in the occupation of single person families.

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Walthamstow 1932

Text

Table: DISTRIBUTION OF PRIVATE FAMILIES ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF ROOMS OCCUPIED.

Text

Table: It will be seen that there is still an enormous need for structurally separate dwelling units, especially in respect of accommodation of 3 rooms or lessif the ideal of one dwelling per family is ever to be reached.

Text