Census of England and Wales, 1921 : general report with appendices / [General Register Office].
- General Register Office Northern Ireland
- Date:
- 1927
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Census of England and Wales, 1921 : general report with appendices / [General Register Office]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The overall average density in the aggregate of rural districts amounts to 1-22 rooms per person, a figure about 11 per cent. more generous than the mean for the whole country. The smaller towns are represented by an average density figure of 1-13 which is also above normal, while below the mean are the county boroughs, 1-04 rooms per person, and London, the worst in this series, at a figure of 0-96. The relative position of housing in rural and urban areas and the rather more favourable nature of the intercensal changes recorded for London and the rural areas as compared with the other urban areas is also brought out in the next table, which shows the numbers and proportions of individuals living at densities falling within the conventional overcrowding standard of more than two persons per room, or, in the reciprocal form shown in the table, of less than 0-5 room per person. TABLE XXV.—DENSITY OF OCCUPATION, 1921. Proportion per 1,000 population in Private Families, Ig1t. Population in Private Families having the following average numbers of Rooms per Person, 1921. Proportion per 1,000 popu- +s and Number. lation in Private Families. Under bs maida ne : d|-5 and|-7 and Rooms [ -3 and “5 and -7 and Under] /3 2 per Under +3. | oder -5. | under -7. under r-o. ay under | under | under Dirchre per 5 oo IO. Person. ENGLAND AND 521,199 | 2,959,074 | 7,814,743 | 6,134,688 14 82 216 170 gI 391 WALES. London Ts he 129,342 554,156 | 1,153,139 590,499 30 131 272 I41 178 409 Aggregate of C.B.s .. 208,976 | 1,101,687 | 2,772,363 | 2,104,170 17 gI 230 174 94 415 Aggregate of other 130,744 870,220 } 2,535,832 | 2,157,581 Il 70 205 175 74 383 urban areas. Ageregateof R.D.s .. 52,137 433,011 | 1,353,409 | 1,276,438 wi 58 180 170 66 360 In spite of some improvement since 1911 there are still more than 680,000 persons in the Administrative County of London, or over 16 per cent. of the total county population, housed at a density of less than 0-5 room each as compared with 9-6 per cent. for the country as a whole. The total metropolitan population amounts to 12 per cent. of that of England and Wales, while its share of the overcrowded population (less than 0-5 room per person) is nearly 20 per cent. of the whole and of the even more densely housed element, represented by a density of less than 0-3 room each, its share is increased to 25 per cent. Persons living at a density of less than 0:5 room per person have increased from 9-4 per cent. in 1911 to 10-8 per cent. in 1921 in county boroughs, and inthe smaller towns the increase has been from 7-4 to 8-1 per cent. in the same period. The position in rural districts, far better than either of the urban areas in 1911, shows a slight improvement, the proportions for 1911 and 1921 being 6-6 and 6-5 per cent. respectively. Returning once again to the total private families in each area, that is to say, disregarding the special circumstances of the more densely housed as a separate class, comparison of their relative housing positions in reference to the common standard, referred to on page 44, by which allowance is made for the characteristic differences in the distribution of private families by size, is provided in the following statement. 1g2t. Igilt. Excess or Excess or Defici —). i Le.) Standard Actual ey Gal Standard Actual ne el aa Rooms. Rooms. ‘ Per Rooms, Rooms. Per Amount. cent Amount. Rand England and Wales 38,149,087 | 37,006,712 |—1,142,375 | —3°0° | 34,506,500 | 34,506,500 — _ London -” 4,741,072 | 3,696,142 |—1,044,930 |—22°0 | 4,336,626 | 3,495,952 | —840,674 |—19°4 Aggregate of C.Bs .. 12,759,068 | 12,124,939 | —634,729 | —5:0 | 10,512,619 | 10,379,363 | —133,256 | —1°3 Aggregate of U.D.s (less | 12,935,250 | 13,064,772 129,522 IO | 12,157,539 | 12,718,796 561,257 4°6 London and C.B.s). Aggregate of R.D.s 7;713,097 |. 8,120,859 407,762 5°3 | 7,500,981 | 7,912,389 411,408 5°5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32183197_0063.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
