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Housing.
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The number of dwelling-houses erected during the years since
the commencement of the War have been as follows:—
1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922.
190 108 55 3 0 10 95 160 103
Forty of the houses completed during 1920, and 102 of those
completed during 1921, were erected by the Council under their
Housing Scheme; the erection of these houses assisted very
materially in reducing the amount of overcrowding which existed.
The houses erected by private builders during 1920, 1921, and
1922, respectively, numbered 55, 58, and 103, a satisfactory
increase, considering the very abnormal conditions of the building
trade. There is every indication that there will be a very large
increase in the number of houses erected during the year 1923.
Reliable data in regard to the housing accommodation of the
inhabitants are available from the Registrar-General's Census
Returns. The opportunity has been taken of including in this
Report some Tables giving interesting particulars as to the number
and type of buildings in the District; the number of structurally
separate dwellings; the number of rooms in the dwellings; the
number of private families occupying them, and the number of
persons in these families.
Comparison between 1911 and 1921 of the number of persons
living under the "overcrowded" conditions of more than two
persons per room shows that, although the number of persons so
living has increased slightly (1,525 persons in 1921; 1,427 persons
in 1911), the proportion living under these conditions expressed as
a percentage of the total population has diminished (4.5 % in 1921;
4.7% in 1911).