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information on the subject, Inspector Steward, acting under
my instructions, having ascertained the population of those
streets which are included in the area now popularly known
as the Avernus district. These are Crescent-street, Bangorstreet,
St. Katherine's-road (viz., the original street of this
name comprising 61 houses, numbered from 1 to 63, situated
between Princes-road and St. Clement's-road, and the group
of smaller houses, west of St. Clement's-road, formerly known
as Cobden-terrace), William-street, and part of St Clement'sroad,
comprising 42 houses, numbered 1 to 33 and 2 to 50.
The population of Crescent-street (39 houses) was ascertained
at 709 persons (= 18 to a house); the deaths were 33,
being equal to 46'5 per 1,000 persons living. The population
of Bangor street (39 houses) was 874 (--= 22*4 persons
to a house); the deaths were 35, equal to a death-rate of 40
per 1,000. The population of the first-described part of St.
Katherine's-road (61 houses) was 988 (=l6.2 persons to a
house), the deaths 44, or 44'5 per 1,000. In the remainder of
St. Katherine's-road (formerly Cobden-terrace, 49 houses) the
population was 338 (=about 7 persons to a house), the deaths
12, or 35.5 per 1,000. In this street, as a whole, the deathrate
was 42.2 per 1,000. The population of William-street
(52 houses) was 404 ( 7.5 persons to a house), the deaths 12,
the death rate 29"7 per 1,000. The population of (the part of)
St. Clement's-road (42 houses) was 543 (=14 persons to a
house), the deaths 28, the death-rate 51.5 per 1,000. Combining
the information obtained with respect to the entire
area, i.e., four whole streets and a portion of the fifth street
named, it appears that, irrespective of the population of 23
common lodging houses, which were found to be occupied by
578 persons, there was a population of 3,279 persons, comprised
in 1,187 families. The total population was 3,857; the deaths
in 1895 were 164, and the death-rate was 42.6 per 1,000, compared
with 333 for the entire B division of the North-West
district, and 14.8 in the remainder of the parish. Of the 164