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Hornchurch 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Table: Private Families and Dwellings1931.

Private Families and Dwellings1931.

Private Families.Population in Private Families.Structurally separate dwellings. Occupied. Unoccupied.Rooms occupied.Persons per room.
10,22337,9889,69538350,1250.76

Table: Ages and Marital Conditions.In the table given below are shown ages in groups also the marital conditions of the population as ascertained at the Census 1931 in the Urban District of Hornchurch as constituted at the 30th June, 1936.

Ages and Marital Conditions.

In the table given below are shown ages in groups also the marital conditions of the population as ascertained at the Census 1931 in the Urban District of Hornchurch as constituted at the 30th June, 1936.

Marital conditions.Total Population.Married only.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
19,37620,0139,5279,583
Single9,3239,221——
Married9,5279,5839,5279,583
Widowed5101,191——
Divorced1618——
Ages.
0—41,7671,676——
5—91,9501,814——
10—141,5731,479——
15—191,4171,438435
20—241,4661,559259530
25—291,8681,9061,1831,363
30—341,8202,0021,5471,661
35—391,6611,8111,5261,584
40—441,3441,4641,2321,207
45—491,1361,1441,043935
50—54920985825775
55—59776793690585
60—64648654555436
65—69457529357289
70—74307359193149
75—791672337449
80—84741173017
85—89194372
90—9447—2
95 and over2—2—

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On examination of this table it is found that the number of children
up to 14 years of age in Hornchurch is 260 per 1,000 of the total population:
the corresponding figure for the Administrative County of Essex is 228
per 1,000 of the total population of 1,189,004.