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Population.
4. Pre-war population (1914) 34,685
5. Average annual increase of population for the five
years before the war 1,050
6. Estimated present population 35,383
7. Anticipated increase or decrease of working class
population due to industrial changes—
No decrease. Increase uncertain.
Existing Housing Accommodation.
8. Number of dwelling-houses in the district 6,929
9. Number of working-class houses of the types given
in reply to question 15 6,474
10. Average number of working-class houses built
annually during the five years before the war 174
11. Number of working-class houses built between
January 1st, 1915, and December 31st, 1918 185
12. Number of empty buildings which might be (a)
made suitable, by repairs or alterations, for
housing the working classes, or (b) converted into
flats for the working classes (a) Nil, (b) Nil
Overcrowding.
13. Tenements with more than two occupants per room—
Number of tenements 805
Total number of occupants 6,536
14. Number of houses intended for one family only
which are now occupied (without having been
specially adapted) by two or more families 1,058