Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922
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Table III. Private Families, Classified by Size of Family, Rooms Occupied, and Density of Occupation
Number of Persons in Family. | Number of Private Families Occupying the Following Number of Rooms. | Total Private Families. | Population in Private Families. | Rooms occupied. | Density of Occupation. | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-7 | 8-9 | 10 & over. | No. | % | Average Number of Rooms per Person. | Population at following densities of occupation (rooms per person). | ||||||
under .3 | .3 and under .5 | .5 and under .7 | .7 and under 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
1 | 1,849 | 503 | 199 | 69 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2,643 | 9.6 | 2,643 | 3,870 | 1.46 | – | – | 2 | – |
2 | 1,286 | 2,036 | 1,141 | 324 | 79 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4,917 | 17.8 | 9.834 | 10,825 | 1.10 | – | – | 2,572 | – |
3 | 748 | 2,036 | 1,590 | 623 | 159 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 5,250 | 19.0 | 15,750 | 13,491 | 0.86 | – | 2,244 | 6,108 | – |
4 | 315 | 1,491 | 1,432 | 797 | 243 | 110 | 17 | 2 | 4,407 | 16.0 | 17,628 | 12,848 | 0.73 | 1,260 | – | 5,964 | 5,728 |
5 | 86 | 960 | 1,191 | 791 | 241 | 148 | 18 | 3 | 3,438 | 12.5 | 17,190 | 11,037 | 0.64 | 430 | 4,800 | 5,955 | 3,955 |
6 | 24 | 532 | 896 | 664 | 252 | 139 | 13 | 2 | 2,522 | 9.1 | 15,132 | 8,678 | 0.57 | 144 | 3,192 | 9,360 | 1,512 |
7 | 8 | 257 | 598 | 545 | 227 | 129 | 14 | 2 | 1,780 | 6.5 | 12,460 | 6,561 | 0.53 | 1,855 | 4,186 | 3,815 | 2,380 |
8 | 3 | 124 | 384 | 440 | 177 | 95 | 11 | 3 | 1,237 | 4.5 | 9,896 | 4,755 | 0.48 | 1,016 | 3,072 | 4,936 | 760 |
9 | 1 | 39 | 204 | 280 | 133 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 755 | 2.7 | 6,795 | 3,109 | 0.46 | 360 | 4,356 | 1,827 | 225 |
10 | – | 10 | 82 | 156 | 86 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 398 | 1.4 | 3,980 | 1,724 | 0.43 | 100 | 2,380 | 1,4l0 | 80 |
11 | – | 4 | 32 | 64 | 28 | 28 | 2 | – | 158 | 0.6 | 1,738 | 689 | 0.40 | 396 | 1,012 | 308 | 22 |
12 | – | – | 5 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 2 | – | 58 | 0.2 | 696 | 285 | 0.41 | 60 | 408 | 216 | 12 |
13 | – | – | 1 | 8 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0.1 | 182 | 69 | 0.38 | 13 | 143 | 13 | 13 |
14 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | 126 | 52 | 0.41 | 14 | 98 | – | 14 |
15 and over | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 10 | 0.0 | 153 | 52 | 0.34 | 31 | 122 | – | – |
Total Private Families | 4,320 | 7,992 | 7,755 | 4,786 | 1,658 | 942 | 122 | 21 | 27,596 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Population in Private Families | 8,588 | 27,925 | 34,649 | 26,245 | 10,018 | 5,945 | 704 | 129 | – | – | 114,203 | – | – | 5,679 | 26,013 | 42,486 | 14,701 |
Rooms occupied | 4,319 | 15,984 | 23,265 | 19,144 | 8,290 | 5,803 | 1,009 | 231 | – | – | – | 78,045 | 0.68 | – | – | – | – |
15.7 | 29 0 | 28.1 | 17.3 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 1921 Percentage of families living in various units of occupation | ||||||||
17.5 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 16.5 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 100 0 | 1911 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ |