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Note: The 142 Other Nationalities in Ward 7 are mainly French (52):
Chinese (36) and Hindoo (18).
The above figures were not obtained by direct enquiry. The enumerators were
instructed not to put a definite question as to nationality, but when given a
foreign sounding name, to hazard a guess to the person they were interviewing
and enter on their investigation report form any information they thereby elicited
as to the nationality of persons in the house.
In addition, it should be realised that only the head of a family has been
included as a non-British person in compiling these figures The other members
of the family are not included in the total number of other nationals given
For these reasons the figures in the table must be regarded as an understatement
of the actual position.
Table VI
Accommodation required to abate the overcrowding revealed by the survey
In order to abate the overcrowding and to rehouse the families concerned
on the basis of a sitting room for the family and a bedroom for each two individuals,
separating sexes unless the couples are married or under ten years of age, the
following accommodation would be required:-
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