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Willesden 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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The number of persons per room and the percentage of population and of households at densities
over 1£ and 2 persons per room is the highest in the County, in some instances the percentage is more than
double. The number of persons per room is higher than that of Greater London, England and Wales, and
any district in the County.
Bathrooms
The proportion of households either sharing or without a fixed bath (six out of ten) is almost
double that of the average of the County, and is much higher than that of Greater London and England
and Wales (about four out of ten).
The proportion sharing or without a water closet, cooking stove or a kitchen sink is higher than
the average of the County of Middlesex.
Housing of Private Households
| Census 1951 | One per cent, sample | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex | Willesden | Greater London | England and Wales | |||||
| Structurally separate dwellings | Occupied and vacant | Number | 603,831 | 38,843 | — | — | ||
| Percentage increase or decrease (-) 1931—1951 | 68.2 | 22.7 | - | — | ||||
| Percentage vacant unfurnished | 0.55 | 0.51 | — | — | ||||
| Occupied | Rooms per dwelling | 1951 | 5.01 | 5.39 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | 5.68 | 6.29 | — | — | ||||
| Percentage with 1 or 2 rooms only | 2.56 | 3.59 | — | — | ||||
| Households | Number | 703,525 | 57,182 | 26,479 | 130,435 | |||
| Percentage increase or decrease (-) 1931—1951 | 63.1 | 14.9 | — | — | ||||
| Percentage sharing a dwelling | 28.5 | 57.8 | 36.45 | 15.08 | ||||
| Rooms per household | 4.24 | 3.61 | — | — | ||||
| Percentage occupying 1 or 2 rooms only | 12.2 | 18.6 | — | — | ||||
| Persons per household | 1951 | 3.16 | 3.08 | — | — | |||
| 1931 | 3.66 | 3.60 | — | — | ||||
| Percentage of 1 person households | 9.7 | 12.8 | — | — | ||||
| Density of occupation (persons per room) | Persons per room | 0.74 | 0.85 | 0.77 | 0.73 | |||
| Percentage of population at density | Over 2 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 1.71 | 2.16 | |||
| Over 1½ | 7.5 | 15.5 | — | — | ||||
| Percentage of households at density | Over 2 | 1.1 | 2.3 | - | ||||
| Over 1½ | 4.8 | 9.9 | — | — | ||||
| Heads of household; percentage non-married | 21.4 | 25.3 | — | — | ||||