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15.

incrouao In blio total population of the Sheikhdom,
the total population increasing by 30$ while the*
number of dwellings increased by 35$. This does not

allow for changes in the proportion of unoccupied
houses at the two censuses. However, the increase
has been very unevenly distributed so that in Manama
the number of dwellings increased by 55$ while the
population increased by J»0$ whereas in Moharraq and
Hedd tho number of dwellings increased by only 12$
compared with an increase of population of 23$.
In tho other towns and villages the rates of increase

in population and housing v/ere identical for all
practical purposes at 30$. It should be noted that
these comparisons refer to all dwellings, bnrastis
and others. For this reason it may be that Manama

comes out of tho comparison more favourably than
would be the case if it v/ere possible to show
separately the changes in the numbers of the different
types of dwellings. The proportionately largo number
of bnrastis in Manama in 1959 suggests that part of

tho rapid growth of the town may have been accounted
for by an increase in the number of bnrastis. If
this is the case then the favourable picture of the
ratio of the increase in tho number of dwellings to
the increase in tho population would be modified since
all that might have been happening io an increase in

the number of poorer type dwellings.
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