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which went to show that upon the lowest average every workman or
workwoman in crowded neighbourhoods lost about twenty days in
the year, not by illness, but by sheer exhaustion and inability to do
work. In people living under overcrowded conditions, there comes
to be a general deterioration in health which reduces the stamina.
Indeed, it may be said that the effect of overcrowding is even more
destructive to general health than conducive to the spread of
infectious diseases. It is not necessary at this time of day to
produce elaborate statistical evidence in support of these contentions.
One example of such evidence, which is particularly
applicable to the Borough of Finsbury, may, however, be quoted.
These are the returns respecting the relationship between overcrowding
and the death rate from consumption, which have been
prepared by the Medical Officer of the Administrative County of
London from 1894 to 1899.