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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

Croydon 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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This shows an increase of 6,763 in the number of
houses occupied during the last 24 years, and in nearly
every parish the supply is unequal to the demand.

Table: The subjoined table will show the number of houses in each parish in the years 3891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905, and also the increases between the years 1891 and 1901, 1901 and 1902, 1902 and 1903, 1903 and 1904, 1904 and 1905, and the total increase during the years 1891-1905.

The subjoined table will show the number of houses in each parish in the years 3891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905, and also the increases between the years 1891 and 1901, 1901 and 1902, 1902 and 1903, 1903 and 1904, 1904 and 1905, and the total increase during the years 1891-1905.

Parish.Number of HousesIncrease
Between 1891 land 1901Between 1901 and 1902Between 1902 and 1903Between 1903 and 1904Between 1904 and 1905Between 1891 and 1905
In 1891In 1901In 1902In 1903In 19! 4In 1905
Addington132131120120138134-1-11—18-42
Beddington4427518259331035116930974108102134727
Coulsdon5378189031001124413652818598243121828
Merton654102712181348162018613731911302722411207
Mitcham2055274329343076333738066881911422614691751
Morden138186195196210206489114468
Sanderstead962032112503093421078395933246
WallingtoN7101063116812721388146435310510411676754
Woodmansterne81105120120140146241520665
48457027769483169421104932182667622110510725648

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It will be seen from this table that great activity in
building has taken place at Mitcham with 469 new
houses, Merton with 241, Beddington with 134, and
Coulsdon with 121.
In the District generally the average number of
persons occupying each house in 1891 was 5.4, but at
the census in 1901 it was found to have fallen to 4.8,
while for 1905 it is estimated at 5.0.
The average number of persons per inhabited house
remains as a general rule fairly constant for each locality,