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The Leather Market District comprises an area
of 93 acres, and, at the census of 1881, had a
population of 16,300, which was a decreasing one.
The number of houses was 2282, or 24.5 per acre.
The density of the population was 175 per
acre. Many of the dwellings in this District are
small and crowded together in courts and places.
The people, for the most part, are of the poorer
class. Under these circumstances we are not
surprised to find that the rate of mortality (23.7)
is higher than in any other part of the Parish.
The zymotic death rate (4.3) is also higher, and so
is the rate of infantile mortality (214).
The St. Mary Magdalen District consists of an
area of 142 acres, with 2014 inhabited houses, or
14 .2 per acre. In 1881 it had a population of
15,669, which may be regarded as stationary, or
nearly so. The density of the population is 110
per acre. In this District the area is less crowded
with houses, the population is less dense, and
a larger proportion of the people are in better
circumstances. After making a proportionate
allowance for the deaths which occurred in the
Workhouse, we find the rates of mortality are all
much lower than in the adjoining District. The
death rate was 19.5; the zymotic death rate 2.7;
and the infantile death rate 143.
The St. James's District contains 392 acres.
In 1881 the population was 54,683; the number of
inhabited houses 6787; the average number of
houses per acre 17.3, and of persons 137. It
would appear from these figures that the density
of the population is greater than in the St. Mary