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Survey was submitted to the Health Committee on the 20th March,
1936.
The Survey was carried out strictly in accordance with the
provisions of the Ministry of Health's Memorandum B. in which a
dwelling house is defined as any premises used as a separate
dwelling by persons of the working classes, or of a type suitable
for such use. It therefore includes any part of a building which is
used, or is capable of being used, by persons of the working classes.
The part of a house occupied by a sub-tenant is, therefore a
separate dwelling for the purposes of the Overcrowding Provisions.
In Richmond many houses in the better residential parts of the
Borough, formerly occupied by one family, have during recent years
been sub-let or occupied by working class families as tenements, or
as basement dwellings, and some difficulty was experienced in order
to ascertain which premises or parts of such premises were occupied
by members of the working classes.
Two separate surveys were made—first a preliminary house to
house survey of all working class houses as required by Form A.
If as a result of this survey, the house was deemed to be
overcrowded according to the standard, then a second survey was
made, as required by form B. which necessitated the measuring of
all rooms normally used as living rooms or bedrooms.
The total number of dwellings visited deemed to be occupied
by persons of the working classes was 5,033, containing 5,973
separate families, representing a population of 20,037, which is
slightly more than half the total population of the whole of the
Borough. (Population at last Census was given as 39,276).
The average number of persons per dwelling is 3.98
„ „ „ families „ „ „ 1.19
„ „ „ „ persons per family „ 3.35