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Hackney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Statement showing the conversion of the additional dwellings required
on the standard of Table I in the First Schedule to the Housing
Act, 1935, to the standard of 1½ persons a room, and reduced by the
percentage which the number of overcrowded families who will be
rehoused under the 1930 Act, bears to the total number of overcrowded
families in the Borough.
TABLE H. ( Final Estimate).
Additional dwellings required on the standard of Table I in the First Schedule to Additional dwellings required on the the 1935 Act (Table F), standard of 1½ persons a room (using reduced by percentage the percentages in Table G). of families who will be rehoused under 1930 Act.
| Size. | Number. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | 6 rooms. | 7 rooms. | 8 rooms. | 9 rooms. | 10 rooms. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 rooms | 447 | 358 | 67 | 22 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 4 rooms | 342 | — | 137 | 188 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 rooms | 102 | — | — | 20 | 36 | 41 | 5 | — | — |
| 6 rooms | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 7 rooms | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Totals | 898 | 358 | 204 | 230 | 53 | 42 | 9 | 2 | — |
Total number of overcrowded families in the Borough
(which includes 10 cases due to sex-separation) 2,651
Total number of overcrowded families to be rehoused
under 1930 Act 292
Percentage which the number of overcrowded families
who will be rehoused under 1930 Act, bears to the
total number of overcrowded families in the Borough 11%