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Walthamstow 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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that we lost by migration alone 9,815. The District remains as
heretofore a London Dormitory.
Between 1911 and 1921 certain marked changes took place.
The District became more industrialized and the middle classes of
the population have become fewer or poorer as evidenced by the
fact that in 1921 only 5 per cent. of private families employed
domestic helps as against 10 per cent. in 1911.
The following two Tables are taken from the last Census Returns,
the first gives the housing and the second gives families classified
by size of the rooms occupied and density of occupation.