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Pre-War
1, Marsh Ward: 1895. 1914 *1918.
(a) General death-rate 26.3 18.8 19.8
(b) Zymotic death-rate 4.4 1.8 1.8
Pre-War
2. Inner Wards:
(a) General death-rate 26.9 17.1 21.8
(b) Zymotic death-rate 4.5 1.8 1.9
Pre-War
3. Outer Wards :
(a) General death-rate 1.-3 12.4 16.8
(b) Zymotic death-rate 1.7 0.9 0.9
The estimated populations of Marsh Ward for the
years 1895, 1914 and 1918 are 27,246, 21,034 and 18,317
respectively (the last being the civil population only).
N.B.—Marsh Ward always had an unenviable notoriety
for high death-rate (both general and zymotic),
which now, after 20 years, compares favourably with
those of the Inner and Outer Wards as a whole.
The same principle has been at work on the Duchy of Cornwall
Estate in Kennington (Prince's Ward), many old, dilapidated and
worn-out houses (in the form of streets and courts or alleys and culde-sacs)
having been demolished and replaced by modern, up-todate
dwellings. The whole aspect of this district (Prince's Ward)
also is being altered, and, indeed, an improvement area scheme is
being carried out voluntarily, in so far as that particular district is
concerned, by a large private Owner, instead of compulsorily, under
Part I. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, by the
London County Council. It is true that the work is proceeding
slowly, and it is equally true that it has had a serious set-back, on
account of the War, during the last five years ; but war conditions
are now beginning to disappear, labour and material may become
more plentiful shortly, and the scheme will then, it is to be anticipated,
be restarted once more. This scheme takes in areas on both
sides of the Kennington Road, near Kennington Cross, and may be
described as (a) the Courtenay and Newburn Streets area and (b) the
* The increases in the mortality rates for 1918 are due to the Influenza
Epidemic, which raged throughout the Borough during that year.