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Wimbledon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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are either unemployed or partially employed are quite unable
to find the rent for the houses which they have occupied in
the past, and sub-letting offers a solution to their difficulty.
It is not easy to deal with the overcrowding which arises from
this practice. In the worst cases, the Authority is empowered
to place the premises on the register of houses let-in-lodgings,
in order that the accommodation may be governed by the
bye-laws which have been made for controlling such establishments.
In accordance with the procedure which has been adopted
in previous years a table is appended hereunder giving details
of the housing conditions in three streets which are fairly
representative of an artisan area. An indication is given of
the extent to which overcrowding exists.
The estimate of the overcrowding is based on the legal requirements set out in the bye-laws for houses let-in-lodgings, that is, for adults 360 cubic feet, and for children under ten years of age 250 cubic feet.
| Milton Road | 56 | 80 | 60 | 266 | 3.7 | 1.07 | 2/10 | ||||||||
| Beehive Buldings | 52 | 55 | 28 | 146 | 2.8 | 1 10 | 3/2 | ||||||||
| Total | 218 | 21 | 109 | 792 | 4.05 | 0.88 | 2/11 | ||||||||
| Road | No. of Separate Lettings Consisting of | ||||||||||||||
| 1 room | 2 rooms | 3 rooms | 4 looms | 5 rooms | 6 rooms | ||||||||||
| Nelson Road | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 94 | 8 | |||||||||
| Milton Road | 5 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 23 | 9 | |||||||||
| Beehive Buildings | 2 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | ... | |||||||||
| Total | 0 | 31 | 54 | 18 | 122 | 17 | |||||||||