[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1923
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Ward. Population. Persons per acre. Grange *. 29401 --- 88-6 Clifton 24385 83.0 Argyle 16883 57.4 Mersey 9058 44.0 Cleveland 28115 42.1 Egerton 20716 33.0 Claughton 8733 20.1 Bebington 3862 15.6 Oxton 4424 5.5 It will be seen that, while in certain wards where larger houses of the “ residential ” type predominate the population-density is low, in others the density rises to a high figure. If small districts within certain wards were specially selected, instances of a much greater density could easily he indicated. Increase in population-density between 1911 and 1921.—During the inter-censal period the population-density of the Borough has increased from 33.9 per acre to 37.2 per acre. This increase has been felt in all the wards of the Borough with the exception of Mersey and Oxton, as is shown in the following table:— Ward. Population. Persons per acre.* 1911. 1921. 1911. 1921. Grange 26387 29401 79.8 88.6 Clifton 23857 24385 80.1 83.0 Argyle 15153 16883 53.3 57.4 ]\ Terse y 8243 9058 57 0 44.0 Cleveland 23722 28115 35.6 42.1 Egerton 17157 20716 27.2 33.0 Claughton 7909 8733 18.0 20.1 Bebington 3568 3862 14.5 15.6 Oxton 4798 1 4424 5.8 5.5 Birkenhead 130794 145577 33.9 37.2 * The 1911 densities are based on the Borough Surveyor’s estimates of ward areas: the 1921 densities are based on the Registrar-General’s estimates. 6._KELATI0N of people to dwellings. Overcrowding in Birkenhead For census purposes, overcrowding is taken to mean an average of more than two persons per room. Thus, for example, a dwelling of three rooms would be regarded as “ over- crowded ” if it contained seven or more persons.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927175_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
