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
London County Council 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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to 142,146; during the same period the number of children under ten years of age
fell by 151,176, and it is to the decrease in the child population that the decline in
the proportion of the population living more than two per room is mostly due.
The following table shows the changes which have taken place in the occupancy of 1 to 4 roomed tenements in London during the past four censuses:—
| Tenements of | Percentage of total tenements. | Percentage of total population living in one to four-roomed tenements occupied by more than two persons per room | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1901. | 1911. | 1921. | 1931. | 1891. | 1901. | 1911. | 1921. | 1931. | |
The proportion of the private family population of the county and of each metropolitan borough living in tenements with more than two persons per room in 1911, 1921 and 1931 is shown in the following table, in which the boroughs are arranged in topographical order to facilitate comparison:—
| Metropolitan boroughs. | Percentage of total private family population living in tenements occupied by more than two persons per room. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911. | 1921. | 1931. | |