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population.
tion is in the possession of the Department, but time and opportunity for collating the records
with the census figures have so far been wanting. The only test—a very imperfect one at the
best—which can now be applied is that of averages. In Table 11 the results of this test will be
found. The average number of occupants per tenement in tenements of less than five rooms fell
dnring the ten years from 3.35 persons to 3.31, or to avoid fractions, whereas in 1901 in every
100 tenements there were 335 inhabitants, in 1911 there were 331. In tenements containing five
or more rooms, there were in 1901 597 inhabitants in every 100 tenements, which figure had
increased to 611 in 1911. Higher averages in tenements of less than five rooms were recorded
in 1911 than in 1901 in two Wards, viz., Queen.s Park (average 1901, 3.46; 1911, 3 59) and
Westbourne (average 1901, 3 05; 1911, 3.11). On the other hand, lower averages were recorded
in the case of tenements of five or more rooms in Harrow Road (average 1901, 5.38; 1911, 5.32),
and Church (average 1901, 6.09; 1911, 5.98). The averages for tenements of one room were
uniformly lower in 1911 than in 1901, except in Queen.s Park Ward, as also those for tenements
of two rooms, except in Westbourne and Church Wards. In tenements of three rooms higher
averages were recorded in 1911 in Queen.s Park, Harrow Road, Westbourne, and Church
Wards; while in those of four rooms, the average noted in Lancaster Gate, East, Ward is the
single exception to the general lowering. The average per room in tenements of two rooms
was higher in 1911 in Westbourne (0.8) and Church (0.2) Wards, while that in tenements of three
rooms was higher in Queen.s Park (0 06) and Harrow Road and Westbourne (0.2 in each case),
and that in tenements of four rooms lower in all Wards except Lancaster Gate, East, Ward.