Housing Statistics (persons per room) from the 1901 Census.

Table ID:

H_DENS_1901_EW     (1250628)

Contents:

Housing Statistics (persons per room) from the 1901 Census.

Approx. number of rows:

1,834

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Geography:

Reporting units are identified by:
   Administrative County
   Local Government District
   Local Government District Type

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 1901.

Sources:

1. This table is a complete transcription of tables 20 ('Total Tenements, and Tenements of less than five rooms, distinguishing those occupied by various numbers of persons, in Municipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts, 1901') and 21 ('Total Tenements, and Tenements of less than five rooms, distinguishing those occupied by various numbers of persons, in Rural Districts, 1901'), in the individual county reports of the 1901 census. NB the urban and rural tables are absolutely identical in structure.

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Notes:

1. Definition of a tenement: The General Report of the 1901 census [Cd. 2174] describes (p.39) tenements as 'separate occupations', and notes that in both 1891 and 1901 there were 112 tenements to each 100 inhabited houses. It comments that 'having regard to the considerable proportion of tenemented houses in large towns, it is surprising that the excess of separate tenements is not greater, but the proportion being almost identical in 1891 and 1901, there appears to be no sufficient reason for doubting its approximate accuracy'.
2. The field 'tot_u5' was not transcribed, but computed from the totals for 1, 2, 3 and 4 room tenements after the data had been loaded.
3. This table was originally called hous1901 and was a combination of the English and Welsh data. This was amended in February 2010 and is now called h_dens_1901_ew to reflect more accurately the area covered by the content.
4. In March 2021 the name of the table was updated from hous_1901_ew to be h_dens_1901_ew to more accurately reflect the content.

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Checking:

1. As the data were loaded, the total for each number of rooms was checked against the sum of the number of tenements with that number of rooks with 1 person, with 2 etc., and these data should be substantially free from error.
2. To check the data on 'total tenements', totals for each county were computed and compared with those given in table 19 of Census of England and Wales 1901. Summary Tables. Area, Houses and Population [Cd. 1523]. This procedure also meant that any missing units were located. However, it revealed two fundamental inconsistencies: Firstly, the total given in the national totals for Warwickshire was 20 less than the computed total for the districts of the county. Secondly, the total number of tenements reported for the London Borough of Westminster in the national summary tables was greater than that given in the county report for London by 100. In both cases, the figures in our table are those that appear in the county reports.
3. The 'over_1', 'over_1_5' and 'over_2' fields were computed by us from the data. Our calculations assume that tenements occupied by '12 or more' persons contained 12 people, and are therefore obviously underestimates. NB the General Report to the census itself defined over-crowding as more than 2 persons per room.
4. The geographical units have been cross-checked against the GBHGIS administrative unit gazetteer to ensure that all units are correctly identified. Each unit has a unique unit ID assigned to it and this can be used to cross-reference against other datasets.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
h_dens_1901_ew_pkey	Primary key	rec_num
h_dens_1901_ew_g_unit_idx	Unique	g_unit, rec_num
h_dens_1901_ew_idx		adm_cnty, lg_dist, lg_type, rec_num

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
h_dens_1901_ew_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
adm_cnty	Text string (max.len.=44).	Name of Administrative County as it appeared in the original report.
lg_dist	Text string (max.len.=204).	Name of Local Government District unit as it appeared in the original report.
lg_type	Text string (max.len.=16).	Type of Local Government District.
cnty_unit	Integer number.	Unique ID number for Administrative county unit.
g_unit	Integer number.	Unique ID number for local government district unit.
tot_ten	Integer number.	Total number of tenements in unit.
tot_u5	Integer number.	Total number of tenements in unit containing less than 5 rooms (computed).
r1_p1	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 1 person.
r1_p2	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 2 persons.
r1_p3	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 3 persons.
r1_p4	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 4 persons.
r1_p5	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 5 persons.
r1_p6	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 6 persons.
r1_p7	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 7 persons.
r1_p8	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 8 persons.
r1_p9	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 9 persons.
r1_p10	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 10 persons.
r1_p11	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 11 persons.
r1_p12up	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 1 room occupied by 12 or more persons.
r1_tot	Integer number.	Total number of tenements of 1 room.
r2_p1	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 1 person.
r2_p2	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 2 persons.
r2_p3	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 3 persons.
r2_p4	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 4 persons.
r2_p5	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 5 persons.
r2_p6	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 6 persons.
r2_p7	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 7 persons.
r2_p8	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 8 persons.
r2_p9	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 9 persons.
r2_p10	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 10 persons.
r2_p11	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 room occupied by 11 persons.
r2_p12up	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 2 rooms occupied by 12 or more persons.
r2_tot	Integer number.	Total number of tenements of 2 rooms.
r3_p1	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 1 person.
r3_p2	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 2 persons.
r3_p3	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 3 persons.
r3_p4	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 4 persons.
r3_p5	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 5 persons.
r3_p6	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 6 persons.
r3_p7	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 7 persons.
r3_p8	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 8 persons.
r3_p9	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 9 persons.
r3_p10	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 10 persons.
r3_p11	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 11 persons.
r3_p12up	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 3 rooms occupied by 12 or more persons.
r3_tot	Integer number.	Total number of tenements of 3 rooms.
r4_p1	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 1 person.
r4_p2	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 2 persons.
r4_p3	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 3 persons.
r4_p4	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 4 persons.
r4_p5	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 5 persons.
r4_p6	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 6 persons.
r4_p7	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 7 persons.
r4_p8	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 8 persons.
r4_p9	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 9 persons.
r4_p10	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 10 persons.
r4_p11	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 11 persons.
r4_p12up	Integer number.	Number of tenements of 4 rooms occupied by 12 or more persons.
r4_tot	Integer number.	Total number of tenements of 4 rooms.
over_1	Integer number.	Number of occupants of tenements of 4 rooms or less with more than 1 occupants per room (computed).
over_1_5	Integer number.	Number of occupants of tenements of 4 rooms or less with more than 1.5 occupants per room (computed).
over_2	Integer number.	Number of occupants of tenements of 4 rooms or less with more than 2 occupants per room (computed).
notes	Text string (max.len.=1004).	Comments (generally appearing as footnotes to the original table and mostly concerning boundary changes).
rec_num	Integer number.	Unique number identifying row in table.