Statistical Appendix
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.1955.tb00722.x |
| Published date | 01 February 1955 |
| Date | 01 February 1955 |
A
NEW INDEX
OF
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
1838-1950 129
STATISTICAL
APPENDIX
1.
Index
of
house-building
in
thirty-four towns,
1856
-
1923,
and
in
the whole of Great Britain, 1924
-
50.
1900
-
09
=
100.
The following towns are included
:
Birkenhead,
1853 -74
and
1895
-
1923
Birmingham,
1859
-
1923
Bradford,
1853
-
1923
Brighton,
1894
-
1923
Bristol,
1899
-
1923
Burnley,
1887
-
1913
and
1921
-
1923
Burton-on-Trcnt,
1866
-
1923
Cardiff,
1882
-
1912
Coventry,
1892
-
1923
Crewc.
1876
-
1923
Derby,
1886
-
1923
Doncaster.
1891
-
1923
Exekr,
1868
-
1923
Gateshead.
1900
-
1923
Glasgow,
1864
-
1923
Gloucestcr,
1879
-
1923
Gourock.
1896
-
1923
Hull,
1853
-
92
and
1895
-
1923
Leicestcr.
1892
-
1923
Liverpool,
1853
-
66
and
1872
-
1923
London,
1856
-
1916
and
1920
-
23
Macclcrficld,
1894
-
1923
Manchestcr,
1891
-
1923
Newcastle,
1881
-
1923
Ncwport (Mon.).
1855
-
1923
Nottingham.
I882
-9and
1896
-
1923
Rochdalc,
1878
-
1923
Stockport,
1866
-
1923
Swindon,
1871
-
1923
Sunderland,
1895
-
1923
Wakefield,
1878
-
1923
Wolvcrhampton,
1861
-
9, 1877
-
84
and
1887 -'19?3.
Leeds,
1876
-
1923
Sheffield,
1887
-
1923
The basic information consists of statistics of the number of
houses erected
or
of
the number
of
houses on approved building plans
(for London
see
Cot. 3).
It
was obtained either directly from the City
Engineers, Surveyors
or
Medical Officers of Health of the Local
Authorities
concerned,
or
from the published annual reports
of
these
oficers.
In
1924-8
the index
is
chained
with
an index based
on
the
total number of houses erected
in
Great Britain (Cot.
2).
The method of construction of the index is described in tbe text
(Section
111).
2.
Number
(in thousands)
of
houses erected in Great
Britain,
1850
-
1050.-The
figures
for
1924
-
50
art: from the
Statistical Abstracts
for
the United Kingdom.
In
1924
-
45
and
for
Scotland
in
1927
-
38
they had to be converted
to
cilendar
ycirs.
For
1856- 1923
the method of estimation
is
described
in
the
text
3.
Index of hozrse-building in
Londo?i,
1856
-
1916
and
1920-97. 1900-9=100.-For
1871
-
1916
the series
used is the
number
of
new houses
in
the Metropolitan Police District
(J.
C.
Spensley.
'
Urban Housing Problems
',
Journal of the
Royal
St.atisticnl Society,
Vol.
LXXXI.
Pt.
11. March
1918.
p.
210).
The
number
of
houses erected
in
1856
-
1870
is
estimated by chaining
to
the above
in
1871
an index based on the annual fees obtained by the
(p.
110).
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