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SECTION I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (including 31 acres of water) 3,894 acres
Population—Census of 1921, provisional estimate 66,809
As estimated by the Registrar-General 67,800
The census of 1921 was taken on the night of the 19th-20th June, instead
of that of the 24th-25th April; and the above provisional figure is obtained
from abstracts compiled by enumerators and local registrars.

The ratio of increase is as 100 is to 103; Greater London has increased by
the same percentage; the outer ring of London by 9.6, whilst the County of
Middlesex has increased by 11 per cent. It is realised that the holiday movement
from town to country and seaside had already commenced by the 19th
June, so the Registrar-General has estimated the mid-year population of
Edmonton at a figure higher than the census, namely, 67,800; and it is upon
that figure that the birth and death rates are based.
The following figures are, however, of interest, and suggest that our
population is greater than the estimated one. They are taken from the records
of notifications of scarlet fever and diphtheria for the year, and contain correct
particulars regarding the number of families and number of residents in the
infected houses. No house is counted twice.
Total number of houses 749
Total number of residents 5,283
Average number of residents per house 7
Number of houses with one family 507
,, ,, two families 203
,, ,, three families 38
,, ,, four families 1
The greatest numbers were 20 in a 9-roomed house and 23 in an 11-roomed
house.
It may be objected that the patients came from the poorer districts, hence
the overcrowding, but that objection does not apply to the large majority.