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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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three years and a brother-in-law, thereby exceeding
"permitted number "of 3 and committing an
offence.
Statutory notices were served on Agents and
Occupier, and the overcrowding was abated by the
removal of the brother-in-law of the tenant.
| (1) Number of overcrowded families at beginning of year | 329 |
| (2) New cases of overcrowding reported during 1937 : | |
| (i) Families overcrowded before " Appointed Day " (not previously reported) | 9 |
| (ii) Families overcrowded since "Appointed Day" due to natural increase, etc | 17 |
| (iii) Families committing offences by overcrowding | 8 |
| Total new cases of overcrowding — | 34 |
| (3) Overcrowding relieved during the year :— | |
| (i) Families overcrowded before " Appointed Day " : | |
| (a) Re-housed by Council | 43 |
| (b) Abated by removal, decrease in family or extra accommodation taken over, etc. | 125 |
| (ii) Families overcrowded due to natural increase : | |
| (a) Re-housed by Council | 2 |
| (b) Abated by removal, decrease in family or extra accommodation taken over | 2 |
| (iii) Overcrowding offences :— | |
| Self-abated after notice | 8 |
| 45 | |
| (2) Total cases relieving own overcrowding by removal, decrease in family or extra accommodation taken over, etc. | 135 |
| Total cases relieved | 180 |