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It is interesting to compare these figures with those obtained
for the whole kingdom. For the whole kingdom they were as follows:—
(a) (b) (c)
All families Uncrowded Overcrowded
families families
1. Average number
of units per
family 3.20 3.11 5.60
2. Average permitted
number per
occupied dwelling
6.66 6.76 4.17
The incidence of overcrowding may be analysed in another
way. In the following table are shown the number of overcrowded
families of each size, and the corresponding percentage of the total
number of families of the same size. It also gives the percentage
distribution of overcrowding amongst overcrowded families of the
various sizes.