Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The following Tables, taken from the last Census, have
been specially collated and brought together to illustrate the
condition of affairs:—
TABLE "A."
Housing of Private Families, 1921.
Percentage of structurally separate dwellings returned as:—
| Bromley Rural District. | Whole County. | |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Private houses | 92 | 91 |
| (b) Maisonettes, flats, tenements, etc. | 0 | 1 |
| (c) Attached to shops, offices, warehouses, etc. | 8 | 8 |
| Rooms per dwelling, 1921 | 5.35 | 5.62 |
| Families per dwelling, 1921 | 1.06 | 1.10 |
| Persons per family, 1921 | 4.17 | 4.09 |
| Persons per family, 1911 | 4.27 | 4.24 |
| Rooms per person, 1921 | 1.21 | 1.25 |
| Population being more than Two persons to a room, 1921 | 1,379 | 47,688 |
| Two persons to a room, 1911 | 886 | 35,120 |
TABLE "B."
Private families classified by size of families and according to the number of rooms occupied.
| Number of Persons in family. | Number of private families occupying the following number of rooms. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-7 | 8-9 | 10 and over. | |
| 1 | 34 | 51 | 87 | 37 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | 32 | 106 | 126 | 337 | 218 | 143 | 39 | 10 |
| 3 | 25 | 71 | 117 | 375 | 302 | 165 | 56 | 30 |
| 4 | 22 | 41 | 57 | 335 | 323 | 136 | 78 | 38 |
| 5 | 15 | 19 | 52 | 223 | 214 | 123 | 67 | 37 |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 141 | 186 | 95 | 43 | 25 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 84 | 100 | 48 | 25 | 27 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 57 | 60 | 30 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 9 |
| 12 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| 15 and over | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |