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—1951 CENSUS
No. 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. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-7 | 8-9 | 10 or more. | |||||
1 | 1,996 | 2,594 | 1.439 | 268 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 6,358 | 6,358 | 12,950 | 0.49 |
2 | 299 | 3,064 | 3,682 | 1,267 | 203 | 170 | 17 | 2 | 8,704 | 17,408 | 24,756 | 0.70 |
3 | 121 | 1,549 | 3,377 | 1,676 | 373 | 276 | 17 | 3 | 7,392 | 22,176 | 23,769 | 0.93 |
4 | 25 | 590 | 2,267 | 1,510 | 420 | 333 | 32 | 4 | 5,181 | 20,724 | 18,482 | 1,12 |
5 | 6 | 158 | 791 | 830 | 288 | 304 | 29 | 4 | 2,410 | 12,050 | 9,586 | 1.26 |
6 | 4 | 36 | 272 | 427 | 198 | 177 | 28 | 4 | 1,146 | 6,876 | 4,948 | 1.39 |
7 | 1 | 9 | 66 | 181 | 100 | 110 | 21 | 7 | 495 | 3,465 | 2,361 | 1.47 |
8 | — | 3 | 12 | 56 | 49 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 189 | 1,512 | 959 | 1.58 |
9 | — | 2 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 13 | - | 101 | 909 | 549 | 1.66 |
10 or more | — | — | 3 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 76 | 822 | 444 | 1.85 |
Total Private Families | 2,452 | 8,005 | 11,911 | 6,249 | 1,703 | 1,517 | 184 | 31 | 32,052 | — | — | — |
Population in Private Families | 3,118 | 16,840 | 34,195 | 22,617 | 7,407 | 6,952 | 1,012 | 159 | — | 92,300 | — | 0.93 |
Rooms occupied | 2,452 | 16,010 | 35,733 | 24,996 | 8,515 | 9,272 | 1,494 | 332 | — | — | 98,804 | — |
76 | 250 | 372 | 195 | 53 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 1,000 1 |
Distribution per 1,000 households by rooms occupied,