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Islington 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1922] 4

Table: CENSUS RETURN.Showing the number of Inhabited Houses and Buildings used as Dwellings, the Separate Occupiers, and Populations in Islington, at the Census, 1921.

CENSUS RETURN.

Showing the number of Inhabited Houses and Buildings used as Dwellings, the Separate Occupiers, and Populations in Islington, at the Census, 1921.

Buildings.Structurally separate Dwellings occupied by Private Families, or vacant.Total Rooms.
In course of Erection.Completed.Population at Census, 1921.1-3 Rooms.4-5 Rooms.6-8 Rooms.9 or more Rooms.Total Dwellings.
Not Containing Dwellings.Containing Dwellings.
15-32,520274,748I. Undivided Private Houses8233,95220,3847,19532,354235,638
--2721,520II. Structurally divided Private Houses1462376574551,947
38-1,46519,799III. Blocks of Flats, Tenements, etc.3,8921,110133—5,13515,195
17144,43126,081IV. Shops4631,8611,8462354,40524,203
41,0863948,589V. Others1419057263141,421
581,80039,082330,737Total5,4657,25022,4857,46342,663278,404
Principal Buildings in Group V. (Others) above:Unoccupied or Vacant on Census night132202166735733,145
1676131543Offices, Factories,Dwellings occupied by 1 private family5,2224,4084,0591,50515,19475,801
Warehouses,„ „ 2 „ families982,0658,7221,71912,60486,249
Workshops„ „ 3 or more private families135759,5384,16614,292113,209
——553Hotels
-—1405,841InstitutionsTotal Inhabited Dwellings occupied by private No.5,3337,04822,3197,39042,090275,259
—8915families Per cent.13175218100—
126Placcs of Worship.
-11512Places of Amusement.Total separate private families therein5,45710,35953,39920,20989,424—
N.B.—The total rooms in dwellings occupied by private families as shown in above table is usually slightly in excess of the total rooms occupied (videTable pp. 5 and 6), owing to the fact that in certain dwellings inhabited by two or more families, part of the dwelling was unoccupied on Census night.