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Bethnal Green 1922

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922

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5
CENSUS STATISTICS, 1921.
Certain further statistics arising out of the
Census taken in 1921 have now been published, and
a few of the more interesting tables are given below.
The present distribution of the population among
the four wards of the Borough, and in separate
families and dwellings, is shown in the following
tables :—

Table: Table I.

Table I.

WARDSTOTAL POPULATION
Area in Statute Acres19111921
PersonsPersonsMalesFemalesPersons per Acre
760128,183117,23856,76660,472154
East35642,62240,74220,01420,728114
North11521,34419,8049,49010,314172
South15834,47931,30715,02716,280198
West13129,73825,38512,23513,150194

Table: Table II.

Table II.

WARDSPRIVATE FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS.
Private FamiliesPopulation in Private FamiliesStructurally Separate Dwellings occupiedRooms occupiedRooms per Person
27,596114,20318,28178,0450.68
East9,57938,0905,68328,1660.74
North4,80919,6813,08913,4310.68
South7,31431,2075,31920,3530.65
West5,89425,2254,19016,0950.64