Report on the overcrowding survey in England and Wales, 1936.

Date:
1936
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Credit: Report on the overcrowding survey in England and Wales, 1936. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Xi Table III Uncrowded families Families with the accommodation in Column 1. Percentage of minimum accommodation. ay: Percentage of total | 8 Number of families. iancrowiled 44s i 2. s Of 300° -:. a Sy i Bea 1,964,000 22-9 Over 200 but not over + 300 yt ee a “gf 2,221,000 25:9 Over 150 but not over 200 .. af ot a 2,156,000 25% Over 125 but not over 150 .. a 0 Se 1,120,000 13-0 Over 110 but notover125 .. 2 oan ee 740,000 8:6 Over 100 but not over110 .. a es “hc 88,300 1-0 1003 & be a a 5, 293,400 3:4 Table IV Overcrowded families Families with the accommodation in Column 1. Percentage of minimum accommodation. Percentage of total No. of families. overcrowded families. if 2. 3. Under 100 but not under 90. . sa a i$ 52,000 15 Under 90 but not under 80.. Me ee k 95,400 27°9 Under 80 but not under 70.. te e st 78,700 23+1 Under 70 but not under 60.. ta, 44 36 65,300 19-2 Under 60 but not under 50.. Oe zy .& 33,500 9-8 Under 50 but not under 40.. Ys oe x 10,700 3-1 Under 40 but not under 30.. a ex: x 4,600 1-3 Undet«30.45.7 Ae os ee se st 1,300 “4 These tables disclose some interesting facts. Taking Table III relating to uncrowded families, it will be seen that a variation of the overcrowding standard which reduced the permitted number for a dwelling by 10 per cent (it is not sug- gested that a variation of this precise form is practicable) would increase the number of families who would be overcrowded by about 380,000. In other words, 4-4 per cent. of the present uncrowded families are very near the borderline of overcrowding. On the other hand, Table III also shows that 4,185,000 families have more than double the amount of accommodation required by the overcrowding standard which means that these families, constituting over 46 per cent. of all the working-class families in the country are so well housed that the number of persons in each family could be doubled and yet overcrowding would not ensue. Table IV brings to light the intensity of overcrowding ; it shows, for example, that over 43 per cent. of overcrowded families have at least 80 per cent. of the minimum accommodation required by the overcrowding standard and that only 4-8 per cent. have less than half the minimum accommodation required by the overcrowding standard. It also shows that a variation of the standard which increased the permitted number of a dwellinghouse by 10 per cent. would reduce the number of overcrowded families by 52,000. Taking the Tables together it appears that about 433,000 working-class families, or 4:8 per cent. of the whole are housed within a margin of 10 per cent. above or below the statutory standard. The comparison between the position of the uncrowded and overcrowded families can be effected in another way. From Table Cl it is easy to calculate the average number of units in an uncrowded or an overcrowded family, and also the average ‘“‘permitted number’’ per dwelling occupied by these classes. Such calculations give the following results— (a) All familties— of Average number of units per family .. bets ah 3°20 Average permitted number per occupied dwelling es Paagi i668 (b) Uncrowded families— Average number of units per family .. tz 3-1] ‘op) Average permitted number per uncrowded dwelling .. = G7