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 (Continued)—SHARED DWELLINGS.—CENSUS 1951.
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. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-7 | 8-9 | 10 or more. | |||||
1 | 1,269 | 1,373 | 772 | 148 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 3,575 | 3,575 | 6,996 | 0.51 |
2 | 203 | 1,595 | 1,857 | 694 | 62 | 23 | — | — | 4,434 | 8,868 | 12,191 | 0.73 |
3 | 99 | 868 | 1,439 | 902 | 148 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3,487 | 10,461 | 10,698 | 0.98 |
4 | 22 | 323 | 867 | 690 | 163 | 42 | 1 | — | 2,108 | 8,432 | 7,112 | 1.19 |
5 | 6 | 76 | 291 | 286 | 117 | 47 | 3 | — | 826 | 4,130 | 3,069 | 1.35 |
6 | 4 | 13 | 103 | 136 | 55 | 28 | 2 | — | 341 | 2,046 | 1,346 | 1.52 |
7 or more | — | 7 | 31 | 79 | 46 | 34 | 1 | — | 198 | 1,484 | 871 | 1.70 |
Total Private Families | 1,603 | 4,255 | 5,360 | 2,935 | 600 | 205 | 9 | 2 | 14,969 | — | — | — |
Population in private families | 2,114 | 8,966 | 14,569 | 9,837 | 2,494 | 967 | 45 | 4 | — | 38,996 | — | 0.92 |
Rooms occupied | 1,603 | 8,510 | 16,080 | 11,740 | 3,000 | 1,257 | 73 | 20 | — | — | 4,283 | — |
107 | 284 | 358 | 196 | 40 | 14 | 1 | — | 1,000 | — | — | — |
Distribution per 1,000 households by rooms occupied.