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report for 1921, published since the previous annual report was
issued : —
Chief Occupations—
Males over 12. Females over 12.
Total occupied 56612 Total occupied 26621
Agricultural 1438 Makers of textile goods,
Metal workers 4559 articles of dress, etc 2092
Electrical apparatus Commercial and financial
workers and fitters 1194 occupations 3226
Makers of textile goods and Clerks, typists 4859
articles of dress 1121 Professional occupations 2277
Workers in wood and furni- (teachers, midwives,
ture 2562 (nurses, etc.)
Paper workers, printers, Personal service 10233
etc. 1593
Builders, bricklayers, etc 3160
Painters and decorators 2160
Transport workers 6625
Commercial and financial
occupations 9029
Clerks, typists, draughtsmen
7204
Public administration and
defence 3043
Professional occupations 2317
Personal service 1679
POPULATION.
The population in June, 1923, as estimated by the Registrar
General, was 193,400, an increase of 1,100 on the previous year.
RESULTS OF 1921 CENSUS.
(a) Increase in population.
It is of some interest to consider the data in connection with the
population of Croydon obtained at the 1921 Census, and published
since the issue of the previous annual report.
The population, which had increased by 26.6 per cent. during
the ten years 1901-11, increased by 12.5 per cent. during the decennium
1911-21. Nearly one-third of the increase since 1911 was due
to migration into the town, two-thirds being due to the natural
increase resulting from excess of births over deaths.
(b) Private families and housing.
The population of 190,684, in 1921, comprised 45,730
private families (in addition to persons in institutions,
hotels, etc.) living in 40,200 structurally separate dwellings.
The size of the individual family decreased between
1911 and 1921 from an average of 4.28 to 4.03 persons to the family.
The distribution of the families in Croydon altered materially for
the worse. The following table shows the number of rooms occu-