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Walthamstow 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: TABLE V.Nett New Housing Requirements.

TABLE V.

Nett New Housing Requirements.

1. Rooms per House.One.Two.ThreeFour.Five.Six.Seven.Eight & over.
2. Gross Require ments (Table 2)727158238139131-
3. Vacated by Re-housing (Table 3)14371512548839Nil-
4. New houses requiredNilNil7Nil51Nil1Nil
5. Empty Houses (wholly or partly)11519759203853125
6. Houses to be provided under 1930 Act.Nil7Nil1NilNilNilNil
7. Totals (lines 5 & 6)11589760203853125
Nett No. of Houses required (line 4, less line 7)NilNilNilNilNilNilNilNil
Excess of vacant accommodation (line 7, less line 2)431-61-17864723025

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The Survey appears to show that if the unlet accommodation
existing at the date of Survey were available for rehousing
purposes, this empty accommodation would suffice
to abate all overcrowding in the Borough, provided the overcrowded
families could be appropriately re-arranged and rehoused
accordingly. The deficiency in 3- and 4-roomed houses
is more than counterbalanced by the vacant accommodation in
the others, representing an excess of 333 rooms.

Table: TABLE VI.The following table shows the overcrowded families occupying the number of rooms shown, and the total units of population in each family:-

TABLE VI.

The following table shows the overcrowded families occupying the number of rooms shown, and the total units of population in each family:-

Families.Units of Pop.Families.Units of Pop
1 room14344 rooms .2541,656½
2 rooms.371265 rooms.88749½
3 rooms1516446 rooms .39375½
Total Number of Families.583.
Total number of Units of Population3,585½