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APPENDIX E
Further details from the 1951 Census
A report on the County of London, compiled from the census which
took place in April, 1951, was published by HM Stationery Office during
the year. The following data, in the main relating to Lewisham, have
been extracted from it.
The total population in the City and County was 3,347,982, a
decline of over a million persons since the 1931 census. This decrease
was common to all boroughs except Hampstead, Lewisham and
Woolwich, Lewisham showing the biggest increase of these three
boroughs, of 7,623 persons, the total population at the census being
227,576. Ward populations varied from 8,339 (Culverley) to 17,607
(South Lee). The persons per acre in the wards varied from 22.3
(Blackheath and Church Lee) to 57.1 (Grove Park). The persons per
room varied from 0.67 (St. Andrew's) to 1.06 (Grove Park) and the
percentage of persons living more than two per room varied from
0.6 (Ladywell, Manor Lee and St. Andrew's) to 2.9 (Grove Park),
the average for the whole borough being 1.4 percent.
Dwellings, rooms and households
In Lewisham there were 58,417 structurally separate dwellings
occupied and 919 additional ones vacant (511 furnished, 408 others)
making 59,336 structurally separate dwellings in all, including four
caravans comprising four rooms and occupied by three households.
In addition there were 121 miscellaneous habitations and institutions
housing non-private households. The 59,336 structurally separate
dwellings comprised the following in relation to the number of rooms
and the number of private households therein.
Private households
Roomed dwellings Number of dwellings therein
1 room 212 197
2 rooms 1,798 1,725
3 rooms 8,011 7,923
4 rooms 12,491 12,867
5 rooms 18,487 19,899
6 rooms 9,717 13,746
7 rooms 4,524 7,192
8 or 9 rooms 3,167 6,182
10 or more rooms 929 2,369
All sizes 59,336 72,100
The total number of rooms was 296,618.