Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
the question of overcrowding is the question of the clearance of slum areas. The connection may not appear quite evident at first sight, but it is found in slum areas that not only do the houses per acre come within the definition of overcrowding
this way can sufficient space be provided round houses and overcrowding on large areas be avoided. If the demand for slum property ceased it would soon lead to its abolition. Another cause of decrease is the replacement of small house property
this way can sufficient space be provided round houses and overcrowding on large areas be avoided. If the demand for slum property ceased it would soon lead to its abolition. Another cause of decrease is the replacement of small house property
work. One of the causes which in other years we cited as reducing the population in Bermondsey, namely, the doing away of slum property and the erection of factories and warehouses in its place has ceased for the moment to be operative. Now, while
among the betterhoused mothers, who need, and can apply, the advice given. This is so often impossible in a crowded slum area.
good in the long run, without causing hardship to some individuals. Unfortunately many of the. inhabitants of the slum districts, not only in Bermondsey, but elsewhere, have never been accustomed to proper housing conditions, and I am afraid
this way can sufficient space be provided round houses and overcrowding on large areas be avoided. If the demand for slum property ceased it would soon lead to its abolition. Another cause of decrease is the replacement of small house property