Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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TABLE VII„ Constitution of Households by persons and rooms. (Table 11 Registrar-General) Part (b) Households in Shared Dwellings
| No. of persons in household | No. of households occupying the following number of rooms | Total Households | Total persons in Households | Total rooms occupied | Average number of persons per room | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room | 2 rooms | 3 rooms | 4 rooms | 5 rooms | 6 rooms | 7 rooms | 8 or 9rooms | 10 ormorerooms | |||||
| 1 | 4758 | 1534 | 898 | 185 | 50 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7456 | 7456 | 11731 | 0.64 |
| 2 | 1423 | 1803 | 2155 | 671 | 155 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6273 | 12546 | 15389 | 0.82 |
| 3 | 268 | 771 | 1390 | 653 | 189 | 71 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3368 | 10104 | 10167 | 0.99 |
| 4 | 41 | 336 | 761 | 380 | l40 | 64 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1747 | 6988 | 5796 | 1.21 |
| 5 | 4 | 66 | 237 | 186 | 96 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 678 | 3390 | 2682 | 1.26 |
| 6 | — | 12 | 71 | 77 | 49 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 272 | 1632 | 1211 | 1.35 |
| 7 or more | — | 3 | 33 | 51 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 184 | 1369 | 946 | 1.45 |
| Total Households | 6494 | 4525 | 5545 | 2203 | 719 | 300 | 97 | 70 | 25 | 19978 | |||
| Total Persons | 5592 | 9220 | 14275 | 6783 | 2557 | 1183 | 434 | 324 | 117 | 43485 | 0.91 | ||
| Rooms Occupied | 6494 | 9050 | 16635 | 8812 | 3595 | 1800 | 679 | 579 | 278 | 47922 | |||
| Distribution per 1000 house-holds by rooms occupied | 325 | 226 | 278 | 110 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1000 | |||