London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| NUMBER OF PERSONS (present at Census) | Number of Households Occupying the Following Number of Rooms. | Total Households | Total persons in Households | Rooms Occupied | Average Number of persons per room. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7-9 | 10 or more. | |||||
| 1 | 608 | 786 | 586 | 144 | 15 | 7 | 2 | - | 2,148 | 2,148 | 4,645 | 6.46 |
| 2 | 93 | 629 | 1,006 | 541 | 83 | 18 | 1 | - | 2,371 | 4,742 | 7, 063 | 0.67 |
| 3 | 43 | 315 | 663 | 449 | 106 | 40 | 5 | - | 1,621 | 4,863 | 5,264 | 0.92 |
| 4 | 16 | 165 | 372 | 285 | 96 | 41 | 9 | - | 984 | 3,936 | 3,392 | 1.16 |
| 5 | 2 | 67 | 124 | 109 | 50 | 10 | 5 | - | 367 | 1,835 | 1,289 | 1.42 |
| 6 | 1 | 14 | 45 | 53 | 22 | 14 | 1 | - | 150 | 900 | 577 | 1.56 |
| 7 or more | - | 13 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 6 | - | 97 | 729 | 388 | 1.88 |
| Absent | 20 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 93 | - | 212 | - |
| Total Households | 783 | 2,023 | 2,855 | 1,618 | 385 | 138 | 29 | - | 7,831 | 19,153 | 22,830 | 0.85 |
| Total Persons | 1,003 | 4,169 | 7,156 | 4,815 | 1,356 | 522 | 132 | - | 19,153 | - | - | - |
| Total Rooms | 783 | 4,046 | 8,565 | 6,472 | 1,925 | 828 | 211 | - | 22,830 | - | - | - |