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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PRIVATE FAMILIES CLASSIFIED BY SIZE OF FAMILY, ROOMS OCCUPIED AND DENSITY OF OCCUPATION
No. of Persons in Family | Number Private Families occupying the following Number of Rooms | Total Private Families | Population in Private Families | Rooms Occupied | Average No. Persons per room | Density of Occupation | ||||||||||
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Population at following densities of occupation (Persons per room) | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-7 | 8-9 | 10 or more | |||||||||
over 3 | 3 and over 2 | 2 and over 1½ | 1½ and over 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | 2,355 | 621 | 191 | 45 | 10 | 8 | 3 | — | 3,233 | 3,233 | 4,475 | 0.72 | — | — | — | — |
2 | 1,262 | 2,197 | 990 | 316 | 54 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 4,878 | 9,756 | 10,564 | 0.92 | — | — | 2,524 | — |
3 | 718 | 2,048 | 1,368 | 620 | 115 | 77 | 11 | - | 4,957 | 14,871 | 12,540 | 1.19 | - | 2,154 | - | 6,144 |
4 | 416 | 1,510 | 1,212 | 731 | 207 | 105 | 22 | 6 | 4,209 | 16,836 | 11,920 | 1.41 | 1,664 | - | 6,040 | 4,848 |
5 | 219 | 889 | 802 | 598 | 227 | 106 | 16 | 5 | 2,862 | 14,310 | 8,780 | 1.63 | 1,095 | 4,445 | 4,010 | 2,990 |
6 | 106 | 540 | 626 | 523 | 172 | 99 | 11 | 6 | 2,083 | 12,498 | 6,787 | 1.84 | 636 | 3,240 | 3,756 | 4,170 |
7 | 39 | 304 | 386 | 345 | 145 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 1,309 | 9,163 | 4,486 | 2.04 | 2,401 | 2,702 | 2,415 | 1,519 |
8 | 18 | 160 | 215 | 216 | 83 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 748 | 5,984 | 2,630 | 2.28 | 1,424 | 1,720 | 2,392 | 376 |
9 | 5 | 89 | 108 | 129 | 60 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 427 | 3,843 | 1,558 | 2.47 | 846 | 2,133 | 540 | 315 |
10 | 1 | 27 | 61 | 65 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 224 | 2,240 | 900 | 2.49 | 890 | 650 | 600 | 80 |
11 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 16 | — | 1 | 94 | 1,034 | 384 | 2.69 | 374 | 473 | 176 | 11 |
12 | — | 2 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | — | 42 | 504 | 174 | 2.90 | 168 | 300 | 24 | 12 |
13 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 78 | 51 | 1.53 | 52 | 13 | — | — |
14 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 126 | 43 | 2.93 | 56 | 56 | 14 | — |
15 and over | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 45 | 16 | 2.81 | 15 | 30 | — | — |
2 Persons and over | 2,785 | 7,776 | 5,808 | 3,592 | 1,129 | 642 | 89 | 30 | 21,851 | 91,288 | 60,833 | 1.50 | 9,621 | 17,916 | 22,491 | 20,465 |
Total Private Famil's | 5,140 | 8,397 | 5,999 | 3,637 | 1,139 | 650 | 92 | 30 | 25,084 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Population in Private Families | 10,911 | 29,497 | 25,359 | 18,104 | 6,388 | 3,615 | 477 | 170 | — | 94,521 | — | 1.45 | 9,621 | 17,916 | 22,491 | 20,465 |
Rooms occupied | 5,140 | 16,794 | 17,997 | 14,548 | 5,695 | 40,12 | 761 | 361 | — | — | 65,308 | — | — | — | — | — |
20.5 | 33.5 | 23.9 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 1931 Percentage of families living in various units of occupation. | |||||||
23.0 | 31.5 | 22.5 | 15.1 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 1921 |