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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
Finchley 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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(b) Number of private families in
structurally separate dwellings: 11,623 15,956 22,576
(c) Number of persons in private
families: 45,646 57,161 68,563
Average number of families per dwelling:
1921 1931 1951
1.19 1.19 1.22
Average size of family:
1921 1931 1951
3.93 3.57 3.04
Number of persons per room:
1921 1931 1951
0.76 0.70 0.69
Number of rooms per person:
1921 1931 1951
1.32 1.42 1.45
Average size of the occupied dwelling:
1921 1931 1951
6.20 rooms 6.05 rooms 5.40 rooms
Dwellings occupied by:
1921 1931 1951
(a) One family: 8,060 11,269 15,008
(b) Two families: 1,511 1,956 2,932
(c) Three or more families: 175 236 490
Totals 9,746 13,461 18,430
Number of families living more than 2 persons per room:
1931 1951
191 218
Number of persons living more than 2 persons per room:
1921 1931 1951
2,169 1,323 1,049
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