[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.
- Newport (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1933
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![] HOUSING CONDITIONS. Dwelling Houses. The total Dwellinghouses (including Institutions) in Newport enumerated at the Census was 18,159. The Local estimate at June 30th, 1931, was 17,832, a difference of 327. In the Census Returns are included as separate dwellings, (1) all tenements if they have separate entrances from outside, and (2) all Huts intended as dwelling places. As these are not included in the Local figures the difference is accounted for. Void Houses. 444 Dwellings were returned as vacant at the time of the Census but 117 of these were furnished. The remainder, 327, was, therefore, the actual number of Void houses. According tO' the Rate books the figure on June 30th was 208. Even if the Census figures be taken, only 1.8 per cent, of the Dwellinghouses were void. This shows the demand more than equals the supply, for, to allow for removals, there must always be a certain number of void houses. At the Census 13,344 Dwellinghouses were occupied by one family; 3,678 by two families and 459 by three or more families. In the latter group only 38 of the 459 families occupied houses with fewer than six rooms. At the 1921 Census 617 dwellings were occupied by three or more families. The following table of comparison shows the improvement in housing conditions in general since the Census of 1921, although there are still a number of individual cases of overcrowding to be found Census. 1921. 1931 Average number of persons per room ... 1.0 ... 0.87 Population living over 3 persons per room ... 874 ... 573 ,, „ 3 and over 2 ,, „ ... 7542 ... 4211 „ ,, 2 and over ,, ,, ... 22495 ... 11464 ,, ,, and over i ,, ,, ... 16866 ... 19668](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28866745_0070.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
