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At the Inquiry, which was duly held on March 15th, it was
shown by Dr. Evan Jones that the total area included in the
scheme is 4,915 square yards of which 3,817 square yards are
covered by buildings, the remaining 1,098 being the footways in the
courts. The total number of houses included in the scheme is 73
and the total population 511. The houses are for the most part
small, very old, very much worn out, their construction being
such that no amount of repairs would be likely to make them fit
for human habitation. The courts are small and narrow, the
neighbouring buildings are high and interfere with the ventilation
and to a great degree exclude sunshine.
There are practically no facilities for through ventilation of
Aylesbury Place, Bishop's Court, or Jerusalem Court. The
inhabitants are very poor, and keep their rooms in a filthy condition
with the exception of Jerusalem Passage which is partly
inhabited by small tradesmen whose rooms are slightly better, and
Aylesbury Street, where most of the rooms are kept as clean as the
defective construction of the houses will permit.
The attention of the Vestry has been continually directed to the
area by its medical officers and sanitary inspectors. The average
annual mortality for 1895-1899 has been 36 4, whereas the annual
mortality for the whole parish was only 21-55, and for the County
18-6, showing a much increased mortality for the area.
The average annual infantile mortality (for children under 1 year)
was during the last 5 years for every 1,000 born = 447.36; for the
whole parish for every 1,000 born = 168.5; for the whole county
= 165.8.
The number of notifications of infectious diseases per 1,000 of
population for the area was 14.48 and for the parish was 11.26 for
the 5 years.
The density of population is thus represented:—
For the Area 503.0 per acre.
„ Parish 124.2 ,,
,, County 58.9 „