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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southall 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table XXXIII—continued.
| 4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding :— | |
| (a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 100 |
| (2) Number of families dwelling therein | 155 |
| (3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 683 |
| (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 73 |
| (c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 76 |
| (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 313 |
| (d) Particulars of any case in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | None |