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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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Distribution of working-class families in relation to size of family and size of dwelling occupied.
| Size of family ("equivalent number" of persons.) | Size of dwelling occupied, in terms of the maximum "equivalent number" of persons permitted to occupy it without causing it to be overcrowded. | Totals of Families. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | 8 | 8 ½ | 9 | 9½ | 10 | 10½ | 11 | 11½ | 12 | 12½ | 13 & over. | Overcrowded . | Not Overcrowded . | Total. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 4227 | 55 | 1943 | 2 | 1036 | 1 | 2 | 384 | 86 | 46 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 7817 | 7818 | ||||||||||||||
| 1½ | 2 | 18 | 66 | 6 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 139 | 139 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | †520 | 4852 | 191 | 17 | 6976 | 2 | 21 | 2634 | 1 | 2 | 677 | 1 | 329 | 180 | 103 | †47 | 16496 | 16543 | |||||||||
| 2½ | 97 | 36 | 27 | 1499 | 9 | 2794 | 8 | 43 | 901 | 2 | 1 | 177 | 3 | 60 | 21 | 4 | 133 | 5549 | 5682 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 57 | 28 | 26 | 1060 | 3 | 4051 | 39 | 124 | 1 | 3175 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1178 | 579 | 1 | 291 | 163 | 112 | 10676 | 10788 | ||||||||
| 3½ | 12 | 26 | 301 | 50 | 3 | 1008 | 16 | 83 | 1 | 830 | 1 | 1 | 299 | 113 | 54 | 27 | 389 | 2436 | 2825 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 13 | 3 | 335 | 71 | 16 | 55 | 129 | 1146 | 5 | 2345 | 16 | 22 | 45 | 1175 | 3 | 3 | 695 | 337 | 206 | 438 | 6182 | 6620 | ||||||||
| 4½ | 3 | 107 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 305 | 4 | 513 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 283 | 1 | 149 | 64 | 37 | 153 | 1407 | 1560 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 101 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 60 | 446 | 7 | 1252 | 12 | 26 | 55 | 825 | 2 | 2 | 528 | 3 | 287 | 183 | 193 | 3628 | 3821 | |||||||
| 5½ | 1 | 41 | 3 | 159 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 301 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 178 | 1 | 97 | 60 | 26 | 245 | 701 | 946 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 38 | 1 | 222 | 4 | 43 | 10 | 45 | 53 | 72 | 241 | 424 | 7 | 3 | 366 | 4 | 171 | 131 | 318 | 1517 | 1835 | ||||||||||
| 6½ | 19 | 83 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 62 | 117 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 131 | 357 | 488 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 10 | 76 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 35 | 113 | 184 | 5 | 19 | 167 | 5 | 100 | 78 | 136 | 706 | 842 | ||||||||||
| 7½ | 6 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 62 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 67 | 177 | 244 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 106 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 142 | 258 | 400 | ||||||||||
| 8½ | 4 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 55 | 90 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 50 | 106 | 156 | |||||||||||
| 9½ | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10½ | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11½ | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 & over. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS OF DWELLINGS. | OVER- CROWDED | 2 | 4 | 221 | †l06 | 988 | 155 | 24 | 664 | 71 | 102 | 23 | 190 | 34 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | †2651 | — | — | ||||||
| NOT OVER- CROWDED | — | — | 4229 | 583 | 6888 | 2758 | 32 | 15957 | 223 | 2170 | 21 | 12387 | 110 | 204 | 600 | 5675 | 33 | 56 | 3416 | 48 | 3 | 1739 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1104 | — | 58248 | — | |
| TOTAL | | 2 | 4 | 4450 | 689 | 7876 | 2913 | 56 | 16621 | 294 | 2272 | 44 | 12577 | 144 | 220 | 627 | 5686 | 37 | 59 | 3421 | 48 | 3 | 1740 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1104 | — | 60899 | ||
* ½=a dwelling of 1 room between , 0 and 70 square feet. † Including 10 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.