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Southall-Norwood 1906

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

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39
SECTION V.
GENERAL SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND
ADMINISTRATION.
(I.) Houses and Housing Accommodation.
Mr. Hanson, the Rate Collector, informs me that the number
of houses in rating at the end of December, 1906, was 3,876, an
increase of 104 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 Return1,0211899Rate Book1790
1892„ „-1900„ „2,045
1893Rate Book1,0481901Census Return*1,911
1894„ „1,0681902Rate Book2,536
1895„ „1,1151903„ „2,684
1896„ „1,2911904„ „3,328
1897„ „1,4251905„ „3,772
1898„ „1,6341906„ „3,876
Year.Total.West Ward.East Ward.
19011,9111,029882
19022,5361,3381,198
19032,6841,4391,245
19043,3281,8101,518
19053,7722,0531,619
19063,8762,2181,658

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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.