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Area.
Average Death Rate per 1,000
for five years, 1895-1899.
London 19.0
Parish of St. Luke 26.9
The Four Areas 40.7
Garden Row Area 42.2
Roby Street Area 32.5
Baltic Street Area 42.1
Honduras Street Area 40.5
We may now briefly consider the chief facts concerning each
area .—
7. Garden Row is a block of property bounded on N. by
Lever Street, on the E. by Europa Place, on the W. by Central
Street, and on the S. by Clarence Place. It is 1 acre in extent i.e.
4,840 yards of which 3,805 yards are covered by 69 houses with 407
persons. This gives 9.3 persons to each square yard. The deathrate
for the 5 years, 1895-1899 was 42.2 per 1,000. Ninety deaths out
of population 407, 50 under 5 years, i.e. 55.5 per cent., 13 out of
the 90 were phthisis.
The houses contain two to six rooms each and have little or no
ventilation, being closely packed together in narrow passages,
without through ventilation and in many cases destitute of yards.
Garden Row is a narrow court of an L shape with no thoroughfare.
It is about 2½-3ft. below the adjoining street and the ground
floor is below the adjoining pavement. The houses are dilapidated.
What is known as Lower Garden Row comprises the short area of
the L and contains 8 two-roomed cottages. The 2 w.c.'s and
wash-house are in the open court. The houses have no back
windows but abut on to the stables, and yards, and houses in
Europa Place. The houses are structurally worn out.
Upper Garden Row consists of 15 three-roomed and four-roomed
cottages. The houses generally are old and decayed. Each