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Classification of the population by the size of the family
of which they are members, and by the number of rooms
in the occupation of the family.
At each of the last three censuses the schedule has
contained a question as to the number of rooms in the
occupation of the family enumerated thereon, but in
1891 and 1901 the enquiry was confined to such families
as occupied less than five rooms; in 1911, however,
every occupier was required to state the number of
rooms in occupation of his family, and a definition of the
term "room" was attempted, the instruction in the
schedule reading: "Count the kitchen as a room, but do
not count scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom, nor
warehouse, office, shop."
Table VI. gives the tenements in Fulham in the
occupation of private families classified by numbers
of rooms and by numbers of occupants, distinguishing
children under 10 years of age, and may be read as
follows: "Of a total of 36,432 families or separate
occupiers enumerated in Fulham 36,275 were private
families, of which 2,631 were enumerated in tenements of
one room, 4,692 in tenements of two rooms, and so on.
The 2,631 enumerated in one-roomed tenements included
1,197 consisting of one person each, 845 of two persons
each, 351 of three persons each, and so on, and contained
an aggregate population of 4,981. Again in 1,197
of the 2,631 families in one-roomed tenements there
were no children under ten years of age, in 359 there
was one child, in 162 there were two children and
so on.
The lower portion of the table gives details with
regard to children for those of the larger tenements
only which contained more than two persons per
room. It shows that there were 57 five-roomed tenements
so occupied, 37 containing 11 persons each, 14
with 12 persons, and so on. Of the 37 with 11 persons
each, two contained no child, three had one child, and 8,
6, 11 and 7, had 2, 3, 4 and 5 children respectively,
making 116 children in all.