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Croydon 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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This shows an increase of 9,356 in the number of
houses occupied during the last 26 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 1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, and also the increases between the years 1891 and 1903, 1903 and 1904, 1904 and 1905, 1905 and 1906, 1906 and 1907, and 1891 and 1907.

The subjoined table will show the number of houses in each parish in the years 1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, and also the increases between the years 1891 and 1903, 1903 and 1904, 1904 and 1905, 1905 and 1906, 1906 and 1907, and 1891 and 1907.

Parish.Number of HousesIncrease
Between 1891 and 1903Between 1903 and 1904Between 1904 and 1905Between 1905 and 1906Between 1906 and 1907|Between 1891 and 1907
In 1891In 1903In 1904In 1905In 1906In 1907
Addington132120138134139139-1218— 45-7
Beddington4429331035116914421480491102134273381038
Coulsdon537100112441365151216434642431211471311106
Merton654134816201861198524646942722411244791810
Mitcham20553076333738064177487410212614693716972819
Morden1381962102062052245814—4—11986
Kanderstead9625030934242549215459338367396
Wallington71012721388146415461564562116768218854
Woodmansterne81120140146183206392063723125
434583169421104931161413086347111051072112114728241

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It will be seen from this table that great activity in
building has taken place at Mitcham with 679 new
houses, Merton with 479, and Coulsdon withl31.
In the District generally the average number of
parsons 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 1907 it is estimated at 5.0.
The average number of persons per inhabited house
remains as a general rule fairly constant for each locality,