[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate].

  • Southgate (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1937?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (a) Degree of Overcrowding Present. Premises overcrowded by ½ an adult 11 ,, ,, 1 adult 14 ,, ,, 1½ adults 5 „ „ 2 ,, 5 „ „ 2½ „ 1 „ „ 3 „ 1 „ „ 4 „ 1 ,, ,, more than 4 adults 0 (b) Adjustments Required to Abate Overcrowding. Same number of rooms, but of adequate size, required 18 1 extra room required 20 More than 1 extra room required 0 (c) Extent of Premises Required to Abate Overcrowding (pro vided. adjustment is made by re-distributing existing cases). 1 roomed premises 0 2 „ „ 2 3 ,, ,, 2 4 „ ,, 19 5 ,, ,, 14 6 ,, ,, 1 Premises of more than 6 rooms 0 From the above tables, it will be seen that more than 50 per cent. of the overcrowding is in respect of ½ an adult or 1 adult, which is, of course, satisfactory, in that the existing overcrowding is minimal. It will also be seen that in no case is more than 1 addi tional room required to abate the overcrowding, while in approxi mately 50 per cent. of the cases (18 out of 38), all that is required is the same number of rooms of adequate size. Finally, and of most importance from the point of view of future action, it will be seen that, in the great majority of cases, houses containing 4 and 5 rooms which can be used as sleeping apartments, are required. It can, of course, presumably be assumed that still further improvement of existing conditions will be obtained by a re-distribution of the families concerned within the properties at present available, but this information, i.e. the ultimate accommodation required, will 'necessarily influence the Council's final scheme. 95
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