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Hackney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Calculation of number of dwellings of various sizes which will be
provided by the estimated available rooms occupied by overcrowded
families, or vacant on the taking of the survey.
Estimated total number of rooms available for re-allocation on
abatement of overcrowding (Table D) (a) 4,899
Total number of rooms required in dwellings of three or more
rooms (Table A) (b) 8,569
TABLE E.
| Number of rooms and sizes of dwellings required in dwellings of three or more rooms (Table A). | Estimated accommodation to be provided by re-allocation of the rooms available on abatement of overcrowding. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size of dwellings. | Total number of rooms required in dwellings of three or more rooms (column 5 in Table A). | Rooms. | Corresponding number of dwellings. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||
| 3 rooms | 3,519 | Multiply the number of rooms required in each | 2,012 | 671 | |
| 4 rooms | 3,588 | size of dwellings by the (a) | 2,051 | 513 | |
| 5 rooms | 1,335 | fraction — above, and (b) | 763 | 153 | |
| 6 rooms | 120 | enter result in column (3). | 69 | 12 | |
| 7 rooms | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 8,569 | 4,899 | 1,350 | ||