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Table X.—Buddings, Dwellings, Rooms and Families.
Note.—The following table contains analyses of (1) the buildings
and (2) the structurally separate dwellings of each area.
In the upper part of each section the several classes (Groups I.V)
are analysed both in the left.hand columns (a.c), in respect of their
characteristics as buildings, and in the right.hand columns (f.p) in respect
of the dwellings which they comprise.
In the lower part of each table the subjects of analysis on the left
and right respectively are different; on the left the "buildings" analysis
is continued in respect of an expanded classification of one of the five
groups; while on the right the analysis according to dwellings is continued
in respect of certain selected classes of private family occupations.
Buildings (left.hand columns (a.c)).—In the enumeration of buildings,
a building has generally been regarded as a structure wholly detached'
or separated from another by a vertical party wall. A block of flats
would be one building though there might be one or more separate flats
on each floor.
The allocation of buildings among the several dosses shown in column
(e) is based on the descriptions furnished by the local enumerators. The
varieties of type encountered in the buildings enumerated have, however,
inevitably given rise to some difference of practice on the part of enumerators
in describing borderline bases ; and the number of buildings assigned
to the several classes in column (e) should therefore be regarded as
approximate.
The classification differs from that adopted in 1911 in the following
respects:—
(a) Structurally divided private houses are separately shown for the
first time, with a view to affording an indication of the extent
to which houses originally built for the occupation of single
families have been structurally divided to provide separate
and independent accommodation for two or more families.
There is evidence, in the returns, that it has not always been
possible for enumerators to distinguish between buildings
originally erected to comprise, e.g., maisonettes and those
subsequently converted for the purpose.
(b) Inns and public houses in which the business of the establishment
is primarily that of retailing liquors are classed with Shops
(Group IV) instead of with Hotels (Group V), which are thus
limited in the table to those of a residential character.
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