What constituted a room in 1911 census?

pcasso

Apologies folks if this topic has been covered before but I have searched and cannot find the info I am looking for.

As the thread title said, I am hoping to establish what constituted a room as recorded in the 1911 census.

I assume bedrooms, living rooms dining rooms and perhaps kitchens were recorded as rooms.

Were hallways and bathrooms also included does anyone know.

Thanks in advance

pinkypinky

Hmm, that's a good question. I suspect only rooms like bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, etc were counted. Most properties would not have had any bathroom at that time. Hallways and bathrooms are not counted in the current censuses.

kildarejohn

The number of rooms seems to have been counted in an odd way. In a house occupied by one of my ancestors, it went from 5 rooms in 1901 to 4 rooms in 1911 - I am sure from maps/old photos etc that house was never reconstructed; my guess would be that one room that was a bedroom in 1901 became disused or a storeroom in 1911 and so was not counted. The "number of windows in front of house" also reduced, so it looks like they only counted windows in occupied rooms.

cobham

I think the 'odd' room might have been what was called a scullery and when houses did not have kitchens like we have today. Cooking was done on a range in room that was also a living room, a scullery was were the water source was and maybe pantries or larders formed extra storage for kitchen items and food so a series of small spaces not counted as rooms.