[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of].

  • Southwark (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1950?]
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    31 Recommendations 1947 1948 1949 Cases recommended to L.C.C. on grounds of Tuberculosis 101 136 51 Cases recommended to L.C.C. on other medical grounds 48 69 101 Cases recommended to Southwark Borough Council on Medical Grounds 24 92 107 Total cases recommended 173 297 259 Rehoused 1947 1948 1949 Cases rehoused by L.C.C. on grounds of Tuberculosis 33 49 43 Cases rehoused by L.C.C. on medical grounds 16 28 48 Cases rehoused by Southwark Borough Council on grounds of Tuberculosis 19 4 Nil Cases rehoused by Southwark Borough Council on medical grounds 6 22 24 Total cases rehoused 74 103 115 Overcrowding. The problem of overcrowding in present day conditions is now a matter more of degree and circumstances rather than technical enforcement of the Housing Act. Overcrowding caused merely by increases in family or in their ages are dealt with as soon as possible, but obviously with the present restricted accommodation, much that is socially undesirable and technically illegal cannot unfortunately be remedied as quickly as one would wish. The question of degree also arises in cases of illegal over crowding. There is for instance, the family who takes pity on a relative who for some reason is temporarily homeless; or the mother and father from the provinces who leave their family at home while they come to London, and having ultimately found some accommodation for themselves, later send for their family to come and live with them in the most overcrowded conditions, without the knowledge or consent of the owner. There are similar, but even more wilful cases where persons overcrowd themselves under the impression that the local authority is therefore obliged to rehouse them. Fundamentally