London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Southwark 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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S3
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 numb; r" of persons permitted to occupy it without
causing it to be overcrowded
Totals of Families.
*0
*½
1
1½
2
2½
3
3½
4
4½
5
5½
6
6½
7
7½
8
8½
9
9½
10
10½
11
11½
12
12½
13 and
over.
Overcrowded.
Not Over
crowded.
Total.
1
-
21
101
3449
1121
1285
322
2
494
16
67
1
127
2
4
9
21
—
1
14
—
—
2
—
—
1
5
21
7044
7065
1½
—
—
—
5
27
62
10
—
12
1
1
—
2
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
122
122
2
—
3
16
95
1044
3602
1247
10
2973
50
401
9
990
13
28
50
146
—
9
69
4
—
5
—
2
—
14
+l28
10652
10780
2½
—
—
1
124
73
53
1523
10
1148
23
151
4
360
4
6
10
31
2
7
9
—
—
4
—
—
-
2
198
3347
3545
3
—
—
2
63
45
41
1607
10
2540
72
390
17
1306
31
56
91
313
3
6
173
4
28
1
3
—
22
151
6673
6824
3½
—
—
—
14
9
393
156]
7
598
31
147
2
299
7
18
33
54
—
—
22
4
-
3
—
—
—
4
572
1229
1801
4
—
—
1
11
10
473
204
23
101
134
1176
23
1033
28
58
119
374
15
19
226
14
1
20
2
3
1
22
722
3369
4091
4½
—
—
—
5
1
144
44
3
17
38
274
10
234
5
11
27
68
3
4
28
5
—
6
—
—
—
6
214
719
933
5
—
—
-
1
2
212
68
8
26
59
587
17
669
25
29
56
3.8
10
13
232
8
3
40
10
2
—
24
376
2053
2429
5½
—
—
-
1
-
71
20
1
187
8
65
7
165
9
17
20
58
2
3
52
—
—
4
3
—
—
3
353
343
696
6
-
-
—
-
1
88
16
6
267
19
91
18
45
43
73
133
181
5
8
137
14
—
26
4
1
1
31
510
702
1212
6½
-
-
-
-
27
10
—
97
6
21
4
20
_15
19
50
69
4
1
39
—
1
4
—
—
—
3
185
205
390
7
—
—
-
1
31
1
—
90
7
32
12
17
19
30
71
97
5
5
78
7
1
17
4
—
—
21
210
336
546
7½
—
-
—
-
—
13
5
-
30
1
9
3
8
3
12
19
39
4
2
23
—
1
7
—
1
—
3
84
99
183
8
—
—
—
—
—
12
1
1
42
2
9
—
84
6
10
12
5
7
5
45
7
—
8
1
-
13
179
92
271
8½
—
—
—
—
—
5
—
—
14
—
3
—
20
2
4
4
2
-
3
27
3
1
3
1
-
-
2
63
40
103
9
—
—
—
—
—
4
—
—
14
—
1
1
24
1
1
9
1
2
3
32
6
1
3
1
—
—
4
58
50
108
9½
-
—
—
-
—
2
1
—
4
—
—
—
12
—
3
1
1
1
2
5
4
3
2
—
—
—
1
27
15
42
10
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
10
-
-
2
3
—
2
4
2
2
6
1
1
—
2
26
14
40
10½
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
—
7
11
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
—
1
1
1
-
1
-
—
-
7
2
9
11½
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
—
2
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
2
1
3
12½
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
2
3
13 and over
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
3
—
3
3
Totals of
Dwellings.
Overcrowded
—
24
20
318
+l56
1516
526
42
794
102
232
38
209
31
30
28
15
3
5
5
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
+4096
-
Not Overcrowded
—
—
101
3454
2178
5002
4709
39
7866
365
3194
90
5230
183
349
688
1785
60
89
1211
82
14
189
| 28
13
4
189
37112
-
Total
—
24
121
3772
2334
6518
5235
81
8660
467
3426
128
5439
214
379
716
1800
63
94
1216
84
14
189
28
13
4
189
41208
*0=a dwelling of 1 room under 50 square feet : ½=a dwelling of 1 room between 50 and 70 square feet,
+ Including 14 families with insufficient accommodation to secure proper sex separation and for that reason overcrowded.