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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: TABLE 2.—POPULATION 1921-1951 AND INTERCENSALVARIATIONS

TABLE 2.—POPULATION 1921-1951 AND INTERCENSAL

VARIATIONS

Population:
1921Persons129,395
1931Persons132,972
Males63,468
Females69,504
1951Persons121,135
Males57,068
Females64,067
Increase or Decrease (-)
1921-312.8%
1931-51-11,837 persons
.8.9%

Table: TABLE L.—HOUSING OF PRIVATE HOUSEHOLE Structurally Separate Dwellings

TABLE L.—HOUSING OF PRIVATE HOUSEHOLE Structurally Separate Dwellings

Occupied and Vacant:
Number33,566
% Increase or Decrease (-) 1931-195115.7
% Vacant unfurnished0.50
Occupied:
Rooms per dwelling, 19514.83
do. 19315.11
% with 1 or 2 rooms only2.01
Households
Number38,847
% Increase or Decrease (-) 1931-195111.1
% sharing a dwelling28.3
Rooms per household4.13
% occupying 1 or 2 rooms only10.5
Persons per household, 19513.10
do. 19313.76
% of 1 person households10.2
Heads of household, % non-married22.0
Density of Population (Persons per Room)
Persons per room0.75
% of population at density:
Over 21.0
Over 1½6.2
% of households at density:
Over 20.7
Over 1½3.8