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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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(4) Abatement of overcrowding in Council properties
(included in (3) above:-
( i) Number of cases relieved by transfer to other
Council properties 4
(ii) Number of cases who relieved their own
overcrowding by removal, decrease in family
or extra accommodation being taken over 9
Total cases relieved 13
(5) Position of Overcrowded Families at end of
1939:
(1) Number of cases still overcrowded who
overcrowded on "Appointment Day" 102
(ii) Number of cases still overcrowded due to
natural increase etc 19
(iii) Number of cases committing offences 2
Total cases existing at end of 1939 123