[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Glossop Borough.

  • Glossop (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Glossop Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'Die number of persons overcrowded is 1226, and the num- ber of families overcrowded is 145; this further information is obtained from Table 11 of the Census Keport for Derbyshire. ])ETA1LS ACCOKDING TO NUAIBEE OF BOOMS IN EACH HOUSE OF THE 145 OVEECEOWDED HOUSES. 2 rooms. 3 rooms. 4 rooms. 5 rooms. No. overcrowded 10 ... 90 ... 35 ... 10 The overcrowding therefore is mainly in the 3 and 4 roomed houses. ! TABLE SHOWINO NUMBEE OF PEESONS IN OVEE- CEOWDED FAMILIES, AEEANGED ACCOEDING TO BOOMS PEE HOUSE. No. of persons in No. of Families in:— in Family. 2 roomed. 3 roomed. 4 roomed and 5 roomed houses. 5 persons ... — 6 ... 2 •— 7 2 41 8 — ... 28 9 — ... 13 10 — 7 II — 1 — — 13 — — 17 II 2 3 2 7 2 I It will be seen from the above Table that 30 families are living in houses with 3 or more persons per room. :—This reads for example—6 families of 5 persons per family are living in 2 roomed houses. Two families of seven persons occupied a 2 roomed house; one family of eleven and seven of ten persons occupied three roomed houses; three families of twelve persons and two- of thirteen ])ersons occupied 4 roomed houses. In counting rooms, the kitchen and living rooms are counted as rooms, but the scullery is excluded. It will be seen, therefore, that sleeping conditions are worse than these figures show; for instance, ten persons in a 3 roomed liouse would have 2 bedrooms as a rule. Iiicluding Living room as per Eegistrar General’s Standard.
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