The phrase "acute overcrowding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is a severe or intense level of overcrowding, often in contexts related to housing, transportation, or public spaces.
Example: "The acute overcrowding in the subway during rush hour has become a significant concern for city officials."
Alternatives: "severe overcrowding" or "extreme overcrowding".
More than a decade ago, with an influx of mentally ill people contributing to acute overcrowding in the county jail, all the relevant players – police, courts, health and homelessness services – in the city and surrounding county combined to radically overhaul the system.
Thanks to the lethal combination of an efficient transportation system and extreme racist ideology, no more than a few months were needed to bring about acute overcrowding in the ghettos to the east, labor shortages, sabotage and economic disruption in the west.
The camp populations ranged in size from 15,000 to 43,000, and the camps exhibited the acute overcrowding, poor hygiene, sanitation and living conditions characteristic of the camps in northern Uganda.
In making his proposal, Mr. Miller and Councilwoman Eva S. Moskowitz, the chairwoman of the City Council Education Committee, released a report that detailed acute overcrowding and poor conditions in many of the city's schools.
But so acute is prison overcrowding that officials are considering the purchase of more ships if vessels can be found and planning permission secured.Prison ships are part of the uncomfortable legacy left to the new home secretary, Jack Straw, by his predecessor.
The hospital context is already one of overcrowding with acute hospital bed occupancy at over 85% nationally.
Consequently, patients presented with minor problems at acute care hospitals, thus overcrowding hospitals and compromising the quality of care.
The increase in the number of deaths, assaults and self-injury incidents has occurred at a time when the prison population has risen, overcrowding has become more acute and there have been deep cuts to staffing levels, said the Howard League.
Previous studies of the effects of overcrowding on times to treat acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have produced differing results.
In addition, low-income populations are considered highly vulnerable to such acute respiratory disease, owing to limited resources and overcrowding.
During the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Hong Kong [ 80], overcrowding of medical wards, suboptimal air processing and inadequate isolation facilities were some of the key factors associated with transmission.
