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NOTE.—The following table contains analyses of (1) the buildings, and (2) the structurally separate dwellings of each
area. In the upper part of each section the several classes (Groups I.— V.) are analysed both in the left-hand column (a— c), in
respect of their characteristics as buildings, and in the right-hand columns (f— p), in respect of the dwellings which they comprise.
In the lower part of each table the subjects of analysis on the left and right- respectively are different; on the left, the
"buildings" analysis is continued in respect of an expanded classification of one of the five buildings groups; while on the
right, the analysis according to dwellings is continued in respect of certain selected classes of private family occupations.
Buildings [left hand columns (a— c)]— ln the enumeration of buildings, a building has generally been regarded as a structure
wholly detached or separated from another by a vertical party wall. A block of flats would be one building though there might
be one or more separate flats on each floor.
The allocation of buildings among the several classes shown in Column (e) is based on the descriptions furnished by the local
enumerators. The varieties of type encountered in the buildings enumerated have, however, inevitably given rise to some
difference of practice on the part of enumerators in describing borderline cases; and the numbers of buildings assigned to the
several classes in Column (e) should therefore be regarded as approximate.
(a) Structurally divided private houses are separately shown for the first time, with a view to affording an indication
of the extent to which houses originally built for the occupation of single families have been structurally
divided to provide separate and independent accommodation for two or more families. There is evidence, in
the returns, that it has not always been possible for enumerators to distinguish between buildings originally
erected to comprise, e.g., maisonettes and those subsequently converted for the purpose.
(b) Inns and Public Houses in which the business of the establishment is primarily that »f retailing liquors are classed
with Shops (Group IV) instead of with Hotels (Group V), which are thus limited in the table to those of a
residential character.
STRUCTURALLY SEPARATE DWELLINGS (right-hand columns (f— p) ).—Above the "total" line dwellings are
classified according to the type of building in which they occur, while below the "total" line the same premises are classified
according to the number of families enumerated within them.
Dwellings "Vacant on Census night" include those unoccupied through the temporary absence of the usual occupier as well
as those without a tenant.
BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, ROOMS AND FAMILIES.
Table V.
The classification differs from that adopted in 1911 in the following respects :—