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That is to say, there were 5,162 tenements, of which
1,652 contained less than 5 rooms; of these 1,652, there
were 143 consisting of one room, 99 of which were
occupied by one person each, 31 by 2 persons, &c.; and
there were 244 tenements consisting of 2 rooms,
55 of which were occupied by one person, 76 by 2
persons, and so on.
The Registrar-General points out that, owing to the
confusion caused by the word " tenement," and for other
reasons, these figures must not be regarded as quite
accurate. Nevertheless, they are very important, and I
have analysed the above table in the way the RegistrarGeneral
has adopted for the figures of the whole country,
with the following results.
There were 1.06 tenements to each inhabited house,
compared with 1.12 for England and Wales.
The average number of persons occupying each
tenement was 4.9, compared with 4.7 for England and
Wales.
Seventy-five per cent. of the population of the
district lived in tenements of more than 4 rooms, compared
with 55 per cent. for England and Wales.
Not quite 1 per cent. of the population lived in
single-roomed tenements, compared with 2 per cent. for
England and Wales; 2½ per cent. lived in 2-roomed
tenements, compared with 8 per cent. for England and
Wales; 4½ per cent. lived in 3-roomed tenements, compared
with 11 per cent. for England and Wales; and 17
per cent. lived in 4-roomed tenements, compared with
23½ per cent. for England and Wales.
The average number of occupants per room was 1½