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The number of houses inspected similarly in preceding years
were 1,746, 1,501. 1,447, 1,548, 2,250, 1,841, 806, 534, 789, 1,355,
and 888, from 1901 to 1911 respectively.
The houses in the poorer districts are subject to more frequent
systematic inspection than houses in the better parts. Some
streets are inspected almost every year. In these cases this inspection
is very necessary. In 8 recent years the streets and
buildings subject to most frequent inspection have been as
follows:—Little Sutton Street (8), Galway Street (7), Peerless
Street (6), Whitecross Street (5), Eagle Dwellings (5), Central
Street (4), Hat and Mitre Court (4), Moreland Street (4), Risinghill
Street (4), Rodney Street (4), Hattield Street (4), Baldwin
Street, Easton Street, Lever Street, Gee Street, Ludlow Street,
Memel Street, Merlin's Place, Northampton Road, Southampton
Street, Whitehorse Alley and Young's Buildings, 8 each.
It must be noted that this summary refers strictly to systematic
house-to-house inspection, where the examination is begun at one
end of the street and every house is then taken in order.
Crowding and Overcrowding.—During the year 141 cases
of overcrowding were dealt with and abated : 58 of these were in
registered houses. Eighty-one were discovered as the result of
house-to-house inspection.
The largest number of overcrowded tenements were in Amias
Place (35), Hatfield Street (19), Gee Street (5), Hermes Street (5).

In the above streets every house is occupied by 3 to 5 families.