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Strand (Westminster) 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand]

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APPENDIX. XIX
families per house, and of persons per house, has increased in each of
the Sub-Areas. The figures are given below:—

Table: TABLE IV.

TABLE IV.

Inhabited Houses.Number of Families.Families per House.Persons per House.
1894.1895.1894.1895.1894.1895.1894.1895.
Area2072018368494.04.214.915.0
Sub-Area A1161134904774.24.215.614.8
Sub-Area B3331138147414.714.015.9
Sub-Area C58572082253.53.914.114.7

Table: In calculating these figures Eversley Buildings have been reckoned as one house with 33 families; excluding these the Table wouldread as follows for 1895:-

In calculating these figures Eversley Buildings have been reckoned as one house with 33 families; excluding these the Table would

read as follows for 1895:-

Area2008164.014.4
Sub-Area A1124443.913.7

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Three Common Lodging Houses and a Home for Girls, with
their inmates, have net been included.
At the census of 1881 and at that of 1891 the average number
of persons occupying one house in the Strand District, was 11.6.
This was the highest average of any district in London.
Number of Rooms per Family.— The following Table shows the
number of families occupying tenements of one, two, three, or more
rooms:—

Table: TABLE V.

TABLE V.

Occupying 1 room.Occupying 2 rooms.Occupying 3 rooms.Occupying more than 3 rooms.
1894.1895.1894.1895.1894.18951894.1895.
Represented Area42357133823033204228
Sub-Area A264356180961673018
Sub-Area B6610560338445
Sub-Area C9310981019985