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Carshalton 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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4. Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957—Part IV (Overcrowding).
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at the end of
the year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46
(2) Number of families dwelling therein .. .. .. 76
(3) Equivalent number of adults dwelling therein .. .. 305
(b) Number of new cases reported during the year .. .. 10
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases .. .. 189
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have
again become overcrowded after the local authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding —
Overcrowding
During the year 10 cases of overcrowding were found and 27 cases
were remedied leaving 46 dwellings with 305 equivalent adults in occupation
still overcrowded at the year end.
The known position in respect of statutory overcrowding at the beginning and end of the year was as follows :—
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These figures, as previously explained, cannot represent the exact
extent of overcrowding, since that can only be ascertained by a complete
housing survey of the whole district carried out at any particular time.
Incomplete as they may be, they do indicate over a period the trend in the
level of housing occupation which has undoubtedly fallen in the last few
years as a result of new construction and movement to the new towns and
elsewhere.
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