[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Stoke-upon-Trent Borough.

  • Stoke-on-Trent (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Stoke-upon-Trent Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CENSUS, 1931. The following information is taken from the figures of the Census of May, 1931 :— Number of dwellings occupied by two or more private families, 4,295- 33,446 or 12.39% °f the total population were living in overcrowded conditions on the basis of over two persons per room. The number of houses vacant at the Census date was 405, most of these being of a large type. The natural increase of the population, i.e., the excess of births over deaths, was 9.2 per cent, during the ten years 1921-31. The actual increase of population was 3.4 per cent., showing that 5.8 per cent, had been lost by migration or emigration. Figures with reference to occupation are not yet available. The City is divided into 28 Wards. The population consists chiefly of the working classes. The nature of the accommodation and rentals of the houses is generally as set out below:— Weekly Rent (a) Houses with living room, scullery and two bedrooms 5/6 to 6/3 net (b) Parlour, living room, scullery and two bedrooms 6/2 to 7/7 net (c) Parlour, living room, scullery and three bedrooms ... 7/11 to 8/10 net (d) Parlour, sitting room, kitchen, scullery and three bedrooms ... ... ... ... ... ... 9/9 to I I /- net N.B.—Net means rent exclusive of rates. RATEABLE VALUE. The rateable value of the City for the purposes of the Consolidated Rate in 1932 was:—£1,023,444, compared with £1,004,269 in 1931.