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substantial reduction of overcrowding in each class
of tenement. Anything over 2 persons per room is
rightly looked upon as overcrowding in cubic area,
and adopting this standard it is found that between
the two censi the reduction of overcrowding has
been most marked, and further, has been greatest
directly as the overcrowding. Thus 1 roomed
tenements have had their overcrowding reduced by
16 per cent., 2 roomed tenements by 12 per cent.,
3 roomed by 9 per cent., and 4 roomed by 4 per
cent. That 23 per cent. of the population living in
tenements of less than 5 rooms should still be
housed in dwellings with more than 2 persons to
each room, must be regarded, however, as very far
from satisfactory.
I have calculated the distribution of the population
at each census according to the number of persons
per room. From the table (No. 4) the same
tendency to amelioration may be observed as is
shown in table No. 1, where the population is distributed
according to the class of tenement.