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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
Hackney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The result of this action was:—
| No. of Families Measured. | Overcrowded. | Not Overcrowded. | Percentage of Overcrowding. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,880 | 689 | 7,191 | 8.7% |
The combined result of the enumeration and subsequent measurement of the doubtful cases of overcrowding is shown in the following summary:—
| Dwellings Visited. | Houses found to be Empty. | Occupied Dwellings Visited. | Number of Families. | Overcrowded. | Not Overcrowded. | Percentage of Overcrowding. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,035 | 152 | 35,883 | 61,615 | 2,641 | 58,974 | 4.29% |
Summary in Wards.
| Ward. | Dwellings Visited. | Families. | Percentage of Overcrowding. % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Overcrowded. | Not Over crowded. | |||
| Stamford Hill | 7,503 | 11,222 | 273 | 10,949 | 2.4 |
| West Hackney | 3,312 | 5.512 | 252 | 5,260 | 4.5 |
| Kingsland | 3,042 | 6,251 | 247 | 6,004 | 3.9 |
| Downs | 3,416 | 5,779 | 182 | 5,597 | 3.1 |
| Clapton Park | 5,824 | 10,474 | 456 | 10,018 | 4.3 |
| Homerton | 5,382 | 8,533 | 550 | 7,983 | 6.4 |
| South Hackney | 3,575 | 6,120 | 373 | 5,747 | 6.09 |
| Hackney | 3,829 | 7,724 | 308 | 7,416 | 3.9 |
| The Borough | 35,883 | 61,615 | 2,641 | 58,974 | 429 |
The information obtained from the survey was tabulated to
show the distribution of the families in relation to the size of the
family and the accommodation occupied. In this table, which
appears on the following page, the figures below and to the left of
the black diagonal line relate to the overcrowded families and those
above and to the right of the line to the families not overcrowded.
Dwellings providing accommodation for a permitted number of
persons in excess of 13 are not regarded as suitable for occupation
by the working classes and have been excluded from this table. In
this respect the figures differ from those given earlier in this
statement.