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There is one other table from the census which throws a
light upon overcrowding. The following table gives the density
of occupation in houses which were overcrowded and those on the
borderland of overcrowding:—
Population at following densities of occupation.
(Persons per room)
over 3. 3 & over 2. 2 & over 1½. 1½ &overl.
1921 829 5,649 13,506 9,541
1931 1,259 3,906 8,623 13,392
At the census there were 123 families of three persons, 72 of
four persons, 27 of five persons, 13 of six persons, 7 of seven, 1 of eight
and 1 of nine persons occupying one-roomed tenements. Of the tworoomed
tenements overcrowded, 122 were occupied by five persons.
49 by six, 31 by seven, 8 by eight, 6 by nine, 1 by ten, and 2 by eleven
persons. Of the three-roomed tenements overcrowded, 137 were
occupied by seven persons, 62 by eight persons, 36 by nine, 22 by
ten, 7 by eleven, I by twelve, and 1 by fifteen persons. Of the four
roomed tenements overcrowded, 39 were occupied by nine persons.
16 by ten persons, 5 by eleven persons, aud 5 by twelve persons.
Of 5,165 persons who lived under conditions of more than
two persons per room density, 926 were in one-roomed tenement.s,
1271 in two-rooms, 2,103 in three rooms, 636 in four rooms, 187 in
five rooms and 42 in six rooms.
The Registrar General has given the estimated population for
the middle of 1935 at 68,960, a reduction of 1,550 on the census Pop
ulation. Part of this reduction is due to the readjustment of bound
aries which took place in 1934. The number of new houses built
since the census have been :—
1931-1932 257
1932-1933 188
1933-1934 224
1934-1935 134
1935-1936 380
Allowing for the reduction owing to the readjustment of boundaes
according to the Registrar General there lias been a decrease of about
1,000 in the population, and towards this smaller population 1,183
houses have been built. On account of the movement of Popoalation,
it is difficult to estimate the number of families or houses that
would be overcrowded at any date, but it was reasonable to assume
that we should find less overcrowding at the survey than was found|
at the census, and this assumption was found to be correct. Approx-