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Dwellings, Rooms and Families.— The detailed examination of
the buildings in each area which is necessary at a Census to ensure
the complete enumeration of all population, provides an opportunity
for the collection of reliable data in regard to the housing accommodation.
To avoid the ambiguity attaching to the use of terms such as
" house/' " tenement," etc., a new term " structurally separate
dwelling " has been introduced as the housing unit serving as the
basis of the returns. This term is defined as any room or set of
rooms having separate access either to a street or to a common
landing or staircase accessible to visitors.
Thus, each flat in a block of flats is a separate unit: a private
house which has not been structurally divided is a single unit,
whether occupied by one family or by several. But where a private
house has been structurally divided into separate portions within
the meaning of the definition, each portion is regarded as a separate
unit.
The result has been a far more complete information than that
which was obtained in the previous Censuses. Particulars are available
as to the number and type of buildings, the number of structurally
separate dwellines, the number of rooms in the dwellings, the
number of private families occupying them, the number of rooms
occupied, and the number of persons in the families, together with
much valuable information derivable from the combination in
various ways of these particulars.
The first table inserted gives the building, dwellings, rooms
and families.