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houses on its south side, and at the rear are situated an iron
founder's factory and lead merchant's premises. The houses
contain from three to nine rooms; they are old and somewhat
dilapidated; they accommodate three or four families each. They
have back yards and w.c.'s to each, except in one instance, where
there is one yard and w.c. for two houses. There are back windows
to all. Where there are cellars they are unused. Some of the
houses are registered under the Bye-laws for houses let in lodgings.
The number of persons occupying the houses in question is 275.
There have been thirty-eight deaths in them during the five years
(1895-1899) equal to 29.9 per 1,000 per annum; 52.6 per cent, of the
deaths occurred to children five years of age and under. The
phthisis death rate was 36.8 per cent.
There have been twenty-five notifications of infectious disease in
five years, being equal to 9 per cent, of the population. The
number of sanitary complaints during the same period has been 151
for these houses.
6. Ludlow Street formerly called Willow Bow is a narrow
thoroughfare leading from Goswell Road to Bastwick Street. The
first portion runs at right anglt to Goswell Road, the second
portion runs parallel to Goswell Road and crossing Gee Street joins
Bastwick Street. The area is the row of houses in Ludlow Street
lying between the factory wall and the rear of houses in Gee Street.
The houses contain two or three rooms. The houses are generally
in an insanitary state for want of cleansing and bad paving
in very small yards 3 feet wide. There is a wall dividing
these yards from the yards of Gee Street. At the rear are
the houses in Gee Street, which have small yards. There are as a
rule no basements, and no ventilation to floors. There are no back
windows to the rooms. In front is a high wall enclosing a factory.
Most of the houses are let to one family; some, however, have two
and some three families. As it is considered that the houses in Gee
Street are rendered insanitary by reason of the obstruction caused
to light and air by the Ludlow Street houses, the population of Gee