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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Total number of private families and population occupying following number of rooms.
| 1 room | 2 rooms | 3 rooms | 4 rooms | 5 rooms | 6-7 rooms | 8-9 rooms | 10 rooms or more | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Families: | ||||||||
| 1931 | 1183 | 3344 | 7635 | 6618 | 10455 | 5268 | 355 | 115 |
| 1921 | 897 | 1929 | 6148 | 5930 | 9014 | 4935 | 440 | 168 |
| Population: | ||||||||
| 1931 | 2127 | 8836 | 25775 | 25358 | 44864 | 22099 | 1676 | 615 |
| 1921 | 1640 | 5225 | 23802 | 25841 | 44868 | 24133 | 2198 | 920 |
The following tables compare local age and condition distribution
in 1931 and 1921.
LOCAL AGE AND CONDITION DISTRIBUTION.
| Year. | Average Age. | Age distribution per 1,000 of each sex. (Ages last birthday.) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||||||||
| 0-4 | 5-19 | 20-39 | 40 & over | 0-4 | 5-19 | 20-39 | 40 & over | ||||||||||
| 1931 | 31.1 | 32.5 | 75 | 266 | 338 | 321 | 68 | 243 | 345 | 344 | |||||||
| 1921 | 28.4 | 29.3 | 91 | 331 | 288 | 290 | 82 | 305 | 321 | 292 | |||||||
| Year. | Marital condition distribution per 1,000 of each sex. | Number of Married Women aged less than 45 per 1,000 Females of all ages. | Number of Females per 1,000 Males. | ||||||||||||||
| Males. | Females. | ||||||||||||||||
| Single | Married | Widowed and Divorced | Single | Married | Widowed and Divorced | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | 510 | 460 | 30 | 491 | 427 | 82 | 247 | 1095 | |||||||||
| 1921 | 556 | 416 | 28 | 543 | 387 | 70 | 238 | 1093 | |||||||||
Table 12 classifies by habitation those people not included in
private families.
Table 13 shows the number of persons in institutions, etc.
Tables 14 and 16 show the distribution of population according
to age, sex and marital condition.
The whole of the information for the above summary has been
taken from the tables and text of Part I, County of Essex, Census
of England and Wales, 1931.