Japan has been faced with a difficult social problem of housing as she is a small island-country of 370, 000km
2 with a large population of about 100, 000, 000.
Accordingly, it is very important to study how to utilize rooms in a house from the standpoint of public health.
The author examined the actual state of living conditions of public apartment houses by a questionaire method to 1, 073 housewives living there.
Public apartment houses examined in Okayama and Fukuyama cities were classified into four types such as 3DK (3 rooms with a dining-kitchen), 2DK (2 rooms with a dining-kitchen), T3LK (3 rooms with a terrace and a living-kitchen) and T2LK (2 rooms with a terrace and a living-kitchen).
The residents of these houses were regarded as belonging to the same socioeconomical class.
The results were as follows:-
1. 35.6% of the families used the same room as dining- and bed-rooms. 43.5% of them as living- and bed-rooms.
2. 29.6% of parents with children of primary school age and older slept in the same bedroom with their children.
3. In 27.2% of families with children of 10 years of age and more, male and female slept in the same room.
4. The way of utilizing rooms were closely related to the size and number of rooms, family size and house type.
5. 36.2% of the families might live more effectively if they could exchange their houses among each other.
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