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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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Statement showing the accommodation on the standard of Table I in
the First Schedule to the Housing Act, 1935, required by families
found to be overcrowded.
TABLE A.
| Equivalent number of persons in family. | Number of overcrowded families. | Size of dwellings required. | Number of dwellings of each size required. | Total number of rooms required. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| 1 1½ 2 | 1 − 37 | 1 room | 38 | 38 | Total number of rooms required in one-room and two-room dwellings 548 |
| 2 2½ 3 | 10 133 112 | 2 rooms | 255 | 510 | |
| 3½ 4 4½ 5 | 389 438 153 193 | 3 rooms | 1,173 | 3,519 | |
| 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ | 245 318 131 136 67 | 4 rooms | 897 | 3,588 | Total number of rooms required in dwellings of three or more rooms 8,569 |
| 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 | 142 35 50 16 24 | 5 rooms | 267 | 1,335 | |
| 10½ 11 11½ 12 | 6 10 1 3 | 6 rooms | 20 | 120 | |
| 12½ 13 | 1 − | 7 rooms | 1 | 7 | |
| Total | 2,651 | 9,117 | |||