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Southall-Norwood 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]

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36
SECTION V.
GENERAL SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND
ADMINISTRATION.
(1.) Houses and Housing Accommodation.
Mr. Hanson, the Rate Collector, informs me that the number of
houses in rating at the end of December, 1904, was 3,328, an increase
of 644 during the year.
The rapid growth of the District is illustrated by the following
table:-

Table: Number of Inhabited Houses in District.

Number of Inhabited Houses in District.

1891Census Return1,0211898Rate Book1,634
1892„ „—1899„ „1,790
1893Rate Book1,04819OO„ „2,045
1894„ „1,068190ICensus Return*1,911
189s„ „1,1151902Rate Book2,536
1896„ „1,2911903„ „2,684
1897„ „1,4251904„ „3,328
Year.Total.West Ward.East West.
19011,9111,029882
19022,5361,3381,198
19032,6844,4391,245
19043,3281,8101,518

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* At the time of the Census a large number of houses (259) were unoccupied owing to
depression of trade in the district.