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CLASS VITAL STATISTICS.
The table given in last year's report showing the effect of
social status upon vital statistics is repeated again for the year
1906. The figures compare very closely with those of last year, thus
confirming the results arrived at in the previous report. The
basis of classification was the same, viz.:—
Class I.—Streets in which the houses generally were occupied
separately by one family, and where the rental exceeded £50 a
year. Broadly it may be described as the better residential
class.
Class II.—Streets in which the houses generally were of the
better tenement class, consisting of houses occupied mostly by not
more than two families, and where the rentals paid were
between £30 and £50 a year.
Class III.—Streets in which the prevailing type of house consisted
of one, two, three or four roomed tenements, and where
the rental was less than £30 a year.
Of course there has been an overflow in each class from the
others, for though streets are generally uniform as regards any one
of these classes of houses there are necessarily occasional exceptions.
Nevertheless, each class is representative of its kind, and
I am of opinion that the statistical results shown in Table
No. 21 may be taken as typical of their class.
Class I., which constitutes about 11 per cent, of the population
of Willesden, in round figures averages about 5 persons per
house. Class II., constituting about 43 per cent., averages about
6 persons per house, while Class III., constituting about 45 per
cent., averages about 8 persons per house.