HC Deb 12 July 1922 vol 156 c1207
23. Mr. T. THOMSON

asked the Minister of Health if he will give the latest available returns of overcrowding, so far as house accommodation is concerned, in England and Wales?

Sir A. MOND

The final figures of the Census of 1921 are not yet available, but the provisional total figures derived from that Census are as follows:

1921.
No. of "Census" families (i.e., separate units for which a schedule is filled up) per separate dwelling (whether occupied or unoccupied) 1.099
Size of "Census" families 4.25
No. of persons per separate dwelling (whether occupied or unoccupied) 4.67
Average number of persons per room 0.93

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