Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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COMPARATIVE CENSUS FIGURES 1921 AND 1931, RELATING TO POPULATION AND HOUSING, IN THE EIGHT WARDS, SHOREDITCH
AND LONDON.
Population. | Area in Acres. | Persons per Acre. | No. of families (Schedules). | Persons per family. | Structurally separate dwellings. | Rooms. | Rooms per person, r | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1921 | 1931 | 1921 | 1931 | 1921 | 1931 | 1921 | 1931 | 1921 occupied. | 1931 occupied or not. | 1921 occupied. | 1931 occupied or not. | 1921 | 1931 | ||
Moorfields | 4,349 | 3,928 | 71 | 61 | 55 | 1,106 | 1,085 | 3.90 | 3.62 | 910 | 907 | 3,257 | 3,164 | 0.76 | 0.81 |
Church | 17,153 | 16,404 | 105 | 163 | 156 | 4,207 | 4,313 | 4.03 | 3.80 | 2,506 | . 2,558 | 10,338 | 10,453 | 0.61 | 0.64 |
Hoxton | 16,686 | 15,900 | 79 | 211 | 201 | 4,307 | 4,304 | 3.78 | 3.69 | 2,297 | 2,415 | 10,310 | 10,499 | 0.62 | 0.66 |
Wenlock | 16,287 | 15,693 | 96 | 170 | 163 | 3,793 | 3,921 | 3.96 | 3.75 | 1,619 | 1,689 | 9,536 | 10,375 | 0.63 | 0.66 |
Whitmore | 16,761 | 14,968 | 81 | 207 | 185 | 3,939 | 3,613 | 4.01 | 4.14 | 1,955 | 2,055 | 9,693 | 9,371 | 0.61 | 0.63 |
Kingsland | 10,484 | 9,563 | 72 | 146 | 133 | 2,550 | 2,451 | 4.10 | 3.90 | 1,377 | 1,385 | 7,103 | 7,036 | 0.68 | 0.74 |
Haggerston | 10,381 | 9,867 | 68 | 153 | 145 | 2,329 | 2,432 | 4.42 | 4.06 | 1,436 | 1,487 | 6,599 | 7,012 | 0.64 | 0.71 |
Acton | 12,147 | 10,715 | 86 | 141 | 125 | 3,142 | 3,037 | 3.85 | 3.53 | 1,627 | 1,619 | 8,980 | 8,997 | 0.74 | 0.84 |
SHOREDITCH | 104,248 | 97,038 | 658 | 158 | 147 | 25,373 | 25,156 | 4.00 | 3.86 | 13,727 | 14,115 | 65,816 | 66,907 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
LONDON | 4,484,523 | 4,396,821 | 74,850 | 60 | 59 | 1,120,897 | 3.92 | 3.65 | 701,035 | 782,613 | 4,057,271 | 0.90 |