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Private Family. Any person or group of persons included in a separate return as being in separate occupation of any premises or
part of premises is treated as a separate family for Census purposes, lodgers being so treated only when returned as boarding separately
and not otherwise. Private families comprise all such families with the exception of those enumerated in (i.) Institutions or (ii.)
business establishments or boarding houses in which the number of resident trade assistants or resident boarders exceeds the number
of members of the employer's or householder's family (including private domestic servants).
Structurally Separate Dwellings. A structurally separate dwelling has been defined for the Census as any room or set of rooms,
intended or used for habitation, having separate access either to the street or to a common landing or staircase. Thus each flat in a
block of flats is a separate unit; a private house which has not been structurally sub-divided is similarly a single unit whether occupied
by one or by several families. But where a private house has been sub-divided into maisonettes or portions, each having its front door
opening on to the street or on to a common landing or staircase to which visitors have access, then each such portion is treated as a
separate unit. Where an undivided private house is used partly for business or professional purposes, it is treated as occupied by a
private family unless the portion used for non-domestic purposes consists of at least 3 rooms, and is more than one quarter of the whole.
The dwellings shown in this Table are those occupied by private families only.
Rooms.—For the purpose of the Census the rooms enumerated are the usual living rooms, including bedrooms and kitchens, but
excluding sculleries, landings, lobbies, closets, bathrooms, or any warehouse, office or shop rooms.