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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 occupied by overcrowded
families and the estimated amount of the accommodation in
vacant dwellings, which may be regarded as available for the
relief of overcrowding.
TABLE B.
| Size of dwellings in terms of "permitted number'' of persons. | Number of overcrowded dwellings. | Size of dwellings occupied. | Estimated number of vacant dwellings available. | Total number of dwellings overcrowded or vacant and available. | Total number of rooms in dwellings overcrowded or vacant and available. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| ½ 1 1½ 2 | 2 4 221 106 | 1 room | Impossible to give any accurate information. | 333 | 333 | No. of rooms occupied by-overcrowded families or vacant and available in one-room and two-room dwellings 2,619 |
| 2½ 3 | 988 155 | 2 rooms | 1,143 | 2,286 | ||
| 3½ 4 4½ 5 | 24 664 71 102 | 3 rooms | 861 | 2,583 | ||
| 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ | 23 190 34 16 27 | 4 rooms | 290 | 1,160 | ||
| 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 | 11 4 3 5 − | 5 rooms | 23 | 115 | ||
| 10½ 11 11½ 12 | − 1 − − | 6 rooms | 1 | 6 | ||
| 12½ 13 | − — | 7 rooms | − | − |