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Heston and Isleworth 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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There has also been a change in the size distribution of families as follows:—
| No. of persons | Percentage of all households | |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1951 | |
| 1 | 4.7 | 7.6 |
| 2 | 16.8 | 27.3 |
| 3 | 19.5 | 26.5 |
| 4 | 19.8 | 21.0 |
| 5 | 15.5 | 10.4 |
| 6 | 9.7 | 4.2 |
| 7 | 6.1 | 1.8 |
| 8 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| 9 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| 10 or over | 1.7 | 0.3 |
Of the 31,675 households, 6,037 (19 per cent.) were in shared dwellings.
This sharing of dwellings occurred chiefly among the smaller families as is shown below:—
| No. of persons in household | No. of households | Percentage in shared dwellings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,413 | 49.0 |
| 2 | 8,605 | 27.7 |
| 3 | 8,411 | 17.4 |
| 4 | 6,667 | 10.4 |
| 5 | 3,294 | 6.6 |
| 6 | 1,340 | 4.9 |
| 7 and over | 945 | 4.0 |
Of all households, 85.4 per cent. occupied a number of rooms equal to or greater than the number of
persons in the household.
On this occasion, new information in regard to certain household arrangements was recorded at the census.
The matters covered were piped water supply, cooKing stove, Kitchen sink, water closet
and fixed bath, and the analysis of these records for the Borough is shown below:—
The matters covered were piped water supply, cooKing stove, Kitchen sink, water closet and fixed bath, and the analysis of these records for the Borough is shown below:—
| No. of households | Per cent. of all households | |
|---|---|---|
| Households sharing piped water | 5,529 | 18 |
| „ without piped water | 80 | |
| „ sharing cooking stove | 2,375 | 8 |
| „ without cooking stove | 142 | |
| „ sharing kitchen sink | 2,668 | 10 |
| „ without kitchen sink | 597 | |
| „ sharing water closet | 4,528 | 15 |
| „ without water closet | 83 | |
| „ sharing fixed bath | 4,455 | 29 |
| „ without fixed bath | 4,645 | |
| „ with exclusive use of all 5 arrangements | 21,676 | 68 |
| „ with exclusive use of stove and sink | 28,297 | 89 |
| „ sharing or without fixed bath, but with exclusive use of other 4 arrangements | 3,473 | 11 |
| „ sharing or without sink and water closet | 3,039 | 10 |
As was to be expected, exclusive use was least in shared dwellings, e.g., 82 per cent. of households in
single dwellings had exclusive use of all five arrangements as compared with 11 per cent. of households
sharing dwellings.
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