Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Size of dwellings
From Document A it can be calculated that occupied dwellings in the district are roughly
as follows:—
Table 1.
70 | 1 roomed dwellings |
530 | 2 „ „ |
1300 | 3 „ „ |
1600 | |
7300 | 5 „ „ |
1250 | 6 „ „ |
400 | dwellings with more than six rooms. |
Number of persons in family.
It will also be seen that, roughly :
Table 2.
330 families consist of 1 person |
2520 „ „ l½ or 2 persons |
4100 „ „ 2½ or 3 „ |
2700 „ „ 3½ or 4 |
1500 „ „ 4½ or 5 |
700 „ „ 5½ or 6 ,, |
300 ,, „ 6½ or 7 „ |
170 „ „ more than 7 persons. |
Document B
This merely sets out the information on overcrowded houses in Document A in a more
easily appreciable form (not reprinted here).
On the right hand side of the form will be seen the totals of overcrowded houses for
varying numbers of " persons " in family. These are as follows:—
Table 3.
"Persons" in family | No. of families | "Persons" in family | No. of families |
---|---|---|---|
1 | — | cd/fd | 87 |
— | 7 | 1 | |
— | 4 | ||
1 | 8 | 17 | |
3 | 4 | 3 | |
9 | 17 | ||
4 | 9 | 9½ | 7 |
9 | 10 | 4 | |
5 | 10 | 10½ | 3 |
6½ | 12 | 11 | 1 |
6 | 16 | 3 | |
6½ | 6 | ||
Total | 159 |
For rehousing purposes it is necessary to know the number of individuals rather than
" persons " in these families. These are as follows:—
Table 4.
Individuals in family | No. of families | Total Individuals |
---|---|---|
1 | - | - |
2 | - | — |
3 | 3 | 9 |
4 | 23 | 92 |
5 | 15 | 75 |
6 | 30 | 180 |
7 | 17 | 119 |
8 | 20 | 160 |
9 | 15 | 135 |
10 | 14 | 140 |
11 | 10 | 110 |
12 | 10 | 120 |
13 | 2 | 26 |
159 | 1166 |