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1921 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 15 : " Buildings. England and Wales, 1921".
Class of Building. | In course of ere- ction. | Completed. | Number of Structurally Separate Dwellings within the Buildings. | Popul- ation. | Total Rooms. | ||||||
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not cont- aining Dwell- ings | cont- aining Dwell- ings | Total | Occu- pied by Non- private Fami- lies | Occu- pied by Private Fami- lies | Vacant | ||||||
I | Undivided Private Houses. | 90,963 | | 7,158,023 | 7,158,023 | 27,528 | 6,940,509 | 189,986 | 33,027,240 | 37,214,029 | |
II | Structurally divided Private Houses. | | | 18,177 | 44,194 | 27 | 42,290 | 1,877 | 158,736 | 152,989 | |
III | Blocks of Flats, Tenements, etc. | 358 | | 83,937 | 290,124 | 210 | 276,841 | 13,073 | 1,103,315 | 938,515 | |
IV | Shops | 623 | 150,828 | 463,751 | 463,751 | 2,249 | 450,839 | 10,663 | 2,066,663 | 2,516,856 | |
V | Others, viz.: | ||||||||||
a | Offices, Factories, Ware- houses, Work- shops | 879 | 137,129 | 18,817 | 73,771 | 21,195 | 49,342 | 3,234 | 73,719 | 262,597 | |
b | Hotels | 21 | | 5,277 | 132,501 | ||||||
c | Institu- tions | 50 | 469 | 11,259 | 906,622 | ||||||
d | Places of Worship | 69 | 50,377 | 560 | 2,542 | ||||||
e | Places of Amu- sement | 87 | 3,703 | 255 | 930 | ||||||
f | Unspec- ified | 1,212 | 148,084 | 37,603 | 414,431 |