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 1915.
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. 1 194 444 239 59 3 951 2,050 2.1 14.5 6.7 2 Nil. 325 727 142 Nil. 1,194 3,499 2.9 30.4 10.4 3 Nil. 11 38 28 Nil. 78 248 3.3 * * 4 8 48 507 440 11 1,074 3,620 3.3 32.5 9.6 5 0 131 557 270 11 969 3,068 3.1 27.8 8.8 6 50 35 389 432 39 945 3,210 3.4 27.8 8.2 7 13 21 441 430 10 915 3,148 3.4 26.0 7.8 8 1 60 561 354 13 989 3,285 3.3 25.4 7.6 9 & 10 19 444 568 108 Nil. 1,139 3,043 2.6 33.3 12.4 21 179 410 165 Nil. 775 2,260 2.9 28.5 9.3 Total and Averages, 1915, 307 1,698 4,507 2,428 87 9,029 27,440 3.0 28.5 9.4 Total and Averages, 1914, 318 1,699 4,428 2,352 77 8,886 26,793 3.0 27.8 9.2*Most of the Chinese in this District live in quarters attached to offices.
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