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Croydon 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The following table shows the number of rooms occupied by private families in 1921 and 1911 respectively; and it will be seen that there was a steady trend towards the occupation of a smaller number of rooms in 1921 than in 1911, though the smaller sizes of the average family has to be borne in mind in this connection:—

The following table shows the number of rooms occupied by private families in 1921 and 1911 respectively; and it will be seen that there was a steady trend towards the occupation of a smaller number of rooms in 1921 than in 1911, though the smaller sizes of the average family has to be borne in mind in this connection:—

Unit of Occupation (number of rooms occupied by family).Percentage of Private Families living in these Rooms in :—
1921.1911.
13 .83 .6
27.26 .0
39.27.2
418 .817.0
527 .227.1
6—723.726 .1
8—96.27 8
10 and over.3 .96.2

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Thus, in 1921, 19.2 per cent. of the private families lived in
one, two, or three rooms, as against 15.8 in 1911.
The number of private dwellings increased by 15.1 per cent.
between 1911 and 1921, while the number of private families
increased by 19.5 per cent. Overcrowding, as measured by the
standard adopted by the Registrar General, viz., a density of more
than 2 persons to a room, increased within the same period. In
1911, 4.3 per cent. of the private family population was overcrowded
on this basis, in 1921 4.7 per cent.
(c) Proportion of the Sexes, and Age-Distribution.
The sex distribution did not vary appreciably between the
Censuses of 1911 and 1921. The population contained 45.45 per
cent. of males in 1911, and 45.40 per cent. in 1921.
The age distribution, however, varied to a material extent during
the ten years. The following table shows that while there was
nearly the same proportion of the population between the ages of
15 and 45 years in 1921 as in 1911, the population of children under
15 was definitely lower, and of older persons over the age of 45