>From another List, Question: Does anyone know what it means on the 1891 census under column 4 for "Houses Inhabited" when it says "W1/2" or W 1 1/2 over 5? ------------------------------------------ Houses And Institutions. 83. The term "house" is defined in Instruction No. 41. The material of which it is constructed, whether wood, brick, stone or composite, will he indicated by the initial letter, "w" for wood, "is" for brick, "s" for stone and "c" for composite, which latter may be rough castor constructed of two or more materials. 84. The number of houses erected on the lot or place of habitation, whether in construction, vacant or inhabited, should be entered in each case along with the material of the structure, by placing the number over the initial letter. Thus: 1/b denotes that there is one house and that brick is the material used in its construction. If there be a vacant house on the lot which is not fit for habitation, no record of it should be made. Care must be taken to make the entries for the three classes of houses in their proper columns. 85. Institutions are as described in Instruction No. 42, but will also include buildings in which there are no households, occupants or oven caretakers, such as churches and schools. The special or legal name of each must be given in column 7, and the number of buildings which compose it in column 8. 86. Each house or institution may be occupied by one or more families or households, as these terms are used in Instruction No. 42, and if occupied the number of families will be entered in column 9. 87. In column 10 an entry will be made of the number of rooms in every occupied house or institution for each family. If there be two families in a house of six rooms the number of rooms for each family will be entered as 6/2, or maybe 4/1, 2/1; and if there be only one room for two families the number for each will he entered as 1/2. In every such case the upper figure will denote the number of rooms, and the lower figure the number of families. 87a. Column 11 refers to occupied institutions only, and in it will be entered the number of inmates of whatever class they may be, but not including the persons of families, officers and employees. If the institution is a college, a hospital, an asylum, a prison or any like place, the entry for it will show the number of persons for whom it furnishes accommodation -- for education, for treatment, for detention or for any other object. Debbie :)