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From this table it will be observed that activity in
building has taken place at Mitchain with 228 and
Beddington with 158 new houses.
In the District generally the average number of
persons occupying each house in 1891 was 5.4, but at
the census in 1901 it was found to have fallen to 4.8,
while for 1909 it is estimated at 5.0.
The average number of persons to each inhabited
house remains, as a general rule, fairly constant for
each locality, though varying considerably in different
parishes, according to the class of house erected. In
many parts of the district "tenement" houses or houses
let in flats have been built, and these houses have, of
course, a considerably larger number of inmates.
More particularly is this the case in Mitcham.
The “Natural increase” during the year was 968, as
against 903 in the previous year.
In 1897 the increase was 474
„ 1898 „ 392
1899 „ 379
„ 1900 „ 460
„ 1901 „ 543
„ 1902 „ 552
„ 1903 „ 730
„ 1904 „ 763
„ 1905 „ 879
„ 1906 „ 921
„ 1907 „ 986
„ 1908 „ 903
„ 1909 „ 968
And this has amounted to 11,612 since the census
in 1891.
The "Natural increase" was greatest in 1909 in
Mitcham with 478, Coulsdon with 174, and Beddington
with 136.