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HOUSING.
1.—General Housing Conditions in the District.
(1) Total number of houses in the district is 5,402; 5,102 are
occupied by working-class people, and 300 are "residential" houses.
There were 31 new houses erected for the working classes during the
year; in course of erection, 95.
(2) It is anticipated there will be a great increase in population
in the near future, because of the new industries which are
springing up in the town and neighbourhood.
(3) —(a) The extent of the shortage of houses in the district
is given as 300; (b) Measures have been taken to meet the shortage
by the scheme now before the Ministry.
11.—overcrowding.
(1) The number of houses overcrowded, as shown from the
report of a house-to-house inspection, is 45 in East Ward and 31
in West Ward. The number of houses built for one family and
occupied by two or more families is 632. In East Ward the average
number of persons per house is 12.11. The average number of
persons per bedroom is 4. Allowing a standard of 2 children under
14 years of age as one person, the average per bedroom is 3.11,
The number of families per house is as follows:—
Overcrowded houses of 1 family per house 2
„ „ „ 2 families „ 38
.„ „ „ 3 „ „ 5
Total Number of Families 93
The number of houses let in tenements or flats is 26; registered
as flats and comprise 6 rooms. The number of houses containing
5 rooms is 15, and the number of 6-room houses is 4, both of which
were originally intended as one house. In West Ward the average
number of persons per house is 11 22. The average number of persons
per bedroom is 3.8. Accepting the standard of two children under
14 years of age as one person, the average number per bedroom is
2.94. The number of families per house is as follows:—