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As already stated, all the streets mentioned are in
the northern half of the Parish, where the notification-rate
was last year 7.91, which rate was exceeded
in six out of the eleven streets. It will be found that
in Kent's place, where the highest rate prevailed, the
average number of individuals per room was 3.8—
the largest on the list; and that the percentage of
inhabitants living under overcrowded conditions was
63.5 —the second highest on the list. The proportion
of children under 10 years of age in this street was
38.5 - the fourth in order of magnitude. The evidence
offered here as to the connection between
overcrowding and disease cannot however, be received
without very great reservation, as the street itself
only contains something like 96 persons. It is
interesting to note that all the deaths recorded in the
year among the inhabitants of this street took place
in public institutions, indicating a very considerable
amount of destitution, which would naturally
favour the occurrence of disease.
It is intended to extend this inquiry, and after a
suitable interval it may be possible to arrive at a
safe conclusion.
The same subject has been looked at from another
point of view. From the inquiries made with reference
to cases of all the diseases notified, except
erysipelas, it has been possible to distribute the cases
according to the numbers of individuals in the