The following table shows the number of Chinese houses and floors and the inmates per house and per floor in the City of Victoria as estimated for the year 1914.

City of Victoria

Health Districts. One-storey Dwellings. Two-storey Dwellings. Three-storey Dwellings. Four-storey Dwellings. Five-storey Dwellings. Total Dwellings. Total Floors. Average number of floors per dwelling. Number of persons per dwelling. Number of persons per floor. 1 194 444 236 33 3 922 1,937 2.1 14.3 6.8 2 Nil. 325 679 116 Nil. 1,120 3,151 2.8 31.1 11.4 3 Nil. 11 18 28* Nil. 57 188 3.3 * 8 4 48 561 410 11 Nil. 1,068 3,602 3.4 31.4 9.3 5 14 132 552 258 Nil. 956 2,966 3.1 27.2 8.7 6 50 35 389 432 39 945 3,210 3.4 26.9 7.9 7 21 441 430 10 Nil. 915 3,148 3.4 25.9 7.5 8 1 75 570 347 14 1,007 3,319 3.3 24.0 7.6 9 20 432 586 107 Nil. 1,145 3,070 2.7 31.9 11.9 10 18 176 396 161 Nil. 751 2,202 2.9 29.0 9.9 Total and Averages 1914, 318 2,352 4,428 1,928 77 8,985 26,793 3.0 27.8 9.2 Total and Averages 1913, 365 2,269 4,358 1,699 75 8,886 26,746 2.9 26.4 8.9

* Most of the Chinese of this District live in quarters attached to Offices.


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