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 Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 3.—PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS BY SIZE, ROOMS OCCUPIED, AND DENSITY OF OCCUPATION. (All Dwellings) 1931 Census
Number of Persons in Family. | Number of Private Families Occupying the Following Number of Rooms. | Total Private Families | Population in Private Families | Rooms Occupied | Average Number of Persons per Room. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-7 | 8-9 | 10 or more. | |||||
1 | 4,405 | 1,464 | 535 | 153 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6,603 | 6,603 | 9,836 | 0.67 |
2 | 1,916 | 4,251 | 2,701 | 882 | 204 | 114 | 30 | 5 | 10,103 | 20,206 | 24,073 | 0.84 |
3 | 943 | 3,386 | 3,277 | 1,517 | 341 | 244 | 41 | 11 | 9,760 | 29,280 | 27,274 | 1.07 |
4 | 455 | 2,155 | 2,544 | 1,566 | 432 | 299 | 42 | 12 | 7,505 | 30,020 | 23,143 | 1.30 |
5 | 186 | 1,276 | 1,629 | 1,134 | 431 | 300 | 32 | 11 | 4,999 | 24,995 | 16,554 | 1.51 |
6 | 71 | 660 | 980 | 842 | 342 | 250 | 30 | 8 | 3,183 | 19,098 | 11,272 | 1.69 |
7 | 32 | 363 | 548 | 528 | 229 | 189 | 29 | 6 | 1,924 | 13,468 | 7,141 | 1.89 |
8 | 12 | 162 | 316 | 301 | 148 | 108 | 14 | 5 | 1,066 | 8.528 | 4,082 | 2.09 |
9 | 5 | 102 | 153 | 218 | 98 | 67 | 7 | 7 | 657 | 5,913 | 2,590 | 2.28 |
10 | — | 38 | 69 | 93 | 49 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 307 | 3,070 | 1,301 | 2.36 |
11 | — | 7 | 33 | 46 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 149 | 1,639 | 691 | 2.37 |
12 | — | 4 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 74 | 888 | 382 | 2.32 |
13 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 364 | 145 | 2.51 |
14 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 10 | 140 | 50 | 2.80 |
15 and over | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 62 | 23 | 2.70 |
Total Private Families | 8,025 | 13,870 | 12,802 | 7,305 | 2,353 | 1,683 | 253 | 81 | 46,372 | — | — | — |
Population in Private Families | 14,607 | 44,371 | 48,974 | 33,269 | 12,216 | 9,005 | 1,355 | 477 | — | 164,274 | — | 1.28 |
Rooms occupied | 8,025 | 27,740 | 38,406 | 29,220 | 11,765 | 10,367 | 2,085 | 949 | — | — | 128,557 | — |
17.3 | 20.9 | 27.6 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 3.6 | o.5 | 0.2 | 100.0 |