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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 86 : " Towns with Highest and Lowest Proportions of Population living under Various Conditions of Room Accommodation".
One person or less per room. | Over one but not over two persons per room. | More than two persons per room. | In tenements of more than 10 rooms. | ||||
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Town. | Per 1,000 popu- lation. | Town. | Per 1,000 popu- lation. | Town. | Per 1,000 popu- lation. | Town. | Per 1,000 popu- lation. |
Highest. | Highest. | Highest. | Highest. | ||||
Ilford | 680 | St. Helens | 540 | Gateshead | 337 | Blackpool | 165 |
Handsworth | 667 | Wigan | 528 | South Shields | 329 | Bournemouth | 162 |
Gillingham | 662 | Stoke-on-Trent | 522 | Sunderland | 326 | Eastboume | 155 |
Leicester | 658 | Warrington | 512 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 317 | Ealing | 144 |
Ipswich | 653 | Rhondda | 507 | Tynemouth | 308 | Bath | 135 |
Hornsey | 640 | Edmonton | 500 | Plymouth | 176 | Hastings | 119 |
West Ham | 500 | St. Helens | 169 | Hornsey | 112 | ||
Lowest. | Lowest. | Lowest. | Lowest. | ||||
Gateshead | 254 | Hornsey | 215 | Leicester | 11 | Aston Manor | 3 |
South Shields | 262 | Bournemouth | 253 | Northampton | 11 | East Ham | 3 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 270 | Blackpool | 260 | Ipswich | 13 | Smethwick | 5 |
Sunderland | 270 | Ealing | 269 | Bournemouth | 15 | Rhondda | 8 |
St. Helens | 282 | Handsworth | 279 | Burton-upon-Trent | 15 | West Ham | 8 |
Tynemouth | 288 | Oxford | 280 | Handsworth | 15 | ||
Wigan | 332 | Bath | 281 | Derby | 18 | ||
WestHam | 339 | Southport | 281 |