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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
Barking 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The number of persons per family and size of tenement occupied as shown by the Census of 1911 are as follows:—
| Number of Rooms per Tenement. | FAMILIES OF | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 and upward, | |||
| 1 | 74 | 47 | 29 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 161 | 302 |
| 2 | 27 | 74 | 83 | 33 | 34 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 274 | 869 |
| 3 | 14 | 107 | 146 | 108 | 88 | 45 | 28 | 29 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 572 | 2,304 |
| 4 | 25 | 327 | 438 | 500 | 475 | 383 | 264 | 190 | 93 | 59 | 26 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2,795 | 13,906 |
| 5 | 8 | 110 | 181 | 258 | 258 | 224 | 199 | 112 | 81 | 51 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 2 | — | 1,529 | 8,507 |
| 6 | — | 54 | 103 | 127 | 110 | 89 | 71 | 47 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 672 | 3,597 |
| 7 | — | 15 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | 162 | 904 |
| 8 | — | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | 238 |
| 9 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 164 |
| 10 and up wards | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 18 | 136 |
| — | 148 | 739 | 1,017 | 1,072 | 1,012 | 785 | 590 | 409 | 219 | 147 | 72 | 32 | 9 | 4 | — | 6,255 | 30,927 |