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City of Westminster 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table III.— Total Tenements, and Tenements of less than Five Booms, occupied by various Numbers of Persons, in the City of Westminster,1901.The Number of Tenements in the Districts as existing in1891are also given.

Table III.— Total Tenements, and Tenements of less than Five Booms, occupied by various Numbers of Persons, in the City of Westminster,1901.The Number of Tenements in the Districts as existing in1891are also given.

Rooms in Tenement.Tenements of less than Five Rooms.Persons per Tenement.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12 or more.
11891. 10,84g1901. 7,5463,6732,274943421160571422---
211,5839,6351,2692,7822,2071,531910496256103371031
36,5576,2794621,1781,3491,076902583387214892586
43,1353,20817144855057455733322817599402013

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Note.—The table is to be read as follows:—Of the 41,241
tenements, 26,668 were tenements of less than five rooms, and of
these 7,546 were tenements of one room, 9,635 of two rooms, &c.,
and of the 7,546 tenements of one room 3,673 were occupied byone
person each, 2,274 by two persons each, &c.
The distribution of the persons (83,304) occupying these tenements
is shown in Table IV, which also contains figures compiled
from the 1891 Census Returns for the component parts of the City
as they then existed.

Table: Table IV.— Showing Number of Persons occupying1, 2, 3,and 4.-roomed Tenements in the City of Westminster in1901and1891.

Table IV.— Showing Number of Persons occupying1, 2, 3,and 4.-roomed Tenements in the City of Westminster in1901and1891.

Rooms in Tenement.Average Occupants per room.Total.1.2.3.4.56.7.8.9.10.11.12.
Census, 1901.11.814,0083,6734,5482,8291,684800342981618---
21.530,0481,2695,5646,6216,1244,7002,9761,7928243331003312
31 .324,8094622,3564,0474,3044,5103,4982,7091,7128012508872
141.114,4391718961,6502,2962,7851,9981,5961,400891400220156
Census, 1891. |12.921,0784,2315,0844,6053,4002,1651,146308120910——
21.637,8981,3233,9547,3807,5006,6254,7583,4021,76072927077120
31.327,0764582,3743,8494,4004,6454,0563,1292,0721,170550253120
41.114,8251599101,6202,0722,3102,1361,9951,6081,044620231120