[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Saffron Walden Borough.

  • Saffron Walden (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Saffron Walden Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of houses occupied by more 1911 1-921 than one family 73 16 Number of private families living more than two persons to a room 34 14 Number of families of five or more persons occupying houses of two to four rooms 147 115 In the following Table are given the dwelling houses in the occupation of private families classified by the number of rooms in relation to the number of occupants, at the date of the last Census (1921). Number of Families occupying the following number of Rooms:— Number of persons in family. 1 2 3 4 5 6-7 8-9 10 and over l 7 os 23 31 23 16 4 3 2 1 23 26 103 92 91 22 4 3 4 17 92 10,7 81 27 16 4 2 16 56 82 66 21 10 5 4 ■14 52 33 23 5 6 4 oo 24 23 4 9 4 5 17 IS 22 S 5 8 2 8 9 ii 1 3 9 4 7 i 1 2 10 i 1 2 i 4 i 1 1 i *) i and over 2. Causes:—The overcrowding which still exists is attributable to the housing shortage. 3. The most important action taken to deal with overcrowding is the continued effort to increase the supply of houses. 4. Cases of overcrowding during the year:—Only one very exceptional case of overcrowding was reported during the year. This was abated.