[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has now 7,736 more inhabitants, Whiteinch 18,280, Pollokshields 11,727, Provan 8,604, Springburn 7,452, and Ruchill 7,099. The decreases are considerably smaller, and in only one instance exceed 3,000, i.e., Cowcaddens 3,812, while in such densely populated wards as Woodside the population is practically the same and in Gorbals the difference is only 1,265. The decrease in Calton is 1,278, Exchange 2,030, Blythswood 1,912, Sandyford 2,078, and North Kelvin 1,404. Institutional Population.—The total number of persons found to be resident in institutions at the end of June was 32,465, representing about three per cent, of the total population of the city. The inmates of institutions last year were 326 less than those of the preceding year, a figure composed of certain differences in the numbers of persons in poorhouses, hospitals, and Marvhill barracks, &c. Density.—The area of the City, ns extended in 1926, 29,551 acres, remains the same, but the density of the population at 39 persons per acre is one higher than in the preceding year. The highest ward increase is five in Govanhill, where the density is now 94. An increase of three occurred in Shettleston and Tolleross and Dennistoun Wards, while three other wards were higher by two. In Mile-end and Kingston Wards the density was reduced by three, and in three other wards the density was reduced by two per acre. These changes are mostly due to the housing operations of the Corporation. Inhabited and Empty Ponses.—In Appendix Table IT are shown the numbers of inhabited and empty houses in each municipal ward as at Whitsunday, 1928. The following summary gives the number of unoccupied houses during recent years as compared with the pre-war year, 1913, when there were 18,710 empty houses. Number of Unoccupied Houses Ci.assifed according to Number of Apartments. 1926 191.1 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 o o § £ Ex- tended City 1927 192S One apart., - - i.t 69 319 120 33 27 43 93 91 79 81 48 54 Two aparts., - - 9.762 181 72 17 27 55 82 76 61 62 40 27 Three ,. 2.7 .SI 21 9 9 10 32 27 28 43 45 54 33 Four ., 9ni 13 15 8 20 32 42 21 35 36 40 46 Five ,, and up, 1,094 103 75 76 116 163 205 150 190 197 277 213 18.710 637 291 143 200 325 449 366 408 421 459 373 The largest number of unoccupied houses is 52 in Kelvinside, all of which, with the exception of 9, are houses of five or more apartments, while in Pollokshields 19 of the 25 empty houses are of a similar