[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Paignton U.D.C.

  • Paignton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Paignton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Density of Population The distribution of the population throughout Paignton is given in the following table. TABLE 2 1931 Census 1951 Census Wards Acreage Persons Persons Males Females Central . 86 2,363 2,738 1,132 1,606 East . 283 3,108 3,065 1,176 1,889 North . 928 5,495 7,919 3,216 4,703 South . 1,785 4,501 5,234 ' 2,213 3,021 West . 2,107 2,947 6,597 3,013 3,584 From this it can be seen that whilst the populations of the Central, East and South Wards are much the same, or shew slight gains, in the last twenty years, the big increase in residential popula¬ tion has taken place in the North and West Wards. The density of the population is also of interest and the following table shews the number of persons per acre, the number of houses per acre, and the number of persons per room in these dwellings. TABLE 3 Persons Per Acre Houses Per Acre Persons Per Room Devon 0.5 0.12 0.69 Paignton Wards Central 31.8 10.30 0.61 East 10.8 2.20 0.55 North . 8.5 2.70 0.57 South . 2.9 0.90 0.63 West . 3.1 0.90 0.71