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(19.9) is more than 35 per cent. higher than in Plumstead as a
whole (14.6), and the infantile death rate is more than fifty
per cent. higher.
Deaths from Diarrhoea more than 4 times as great in
proportion as in Plumstead as a whole.
Deaths from Phthisis greater in proportion than in Plumstead
(1/15).
Deaths and notifications of Diphtheria shew that it is more
prevalent in proportion to population, and much more prevalent
in proportion to numbers living at ages when most
Diphtheria cases occur. The great bulk of the cases of Enteric
Fever in 1895 were due to a milk supply confined mainly to
West Plumstead. Omitting then, this year, the deaths and
notifications in 1894 and 1896 of Enteric Fever, shew that it is
more than three times as prevalent in the Reidhaven Road
district as in Plumstead as a whole.
It is then, for Plumstead, a very unhealthy area.
Class of Population.—There is on the whole a poor and low
class of population in this district, though different parts of it
vary much in this respect, some streets being much worse than
others, and sometimes one side of the street being superior to
the other side.
I have no means of determining the number of births in this
district, the deaths per 1000 births having been calculated on
the assumption that the birth rate was the same as in the rest
of East Plumstead, i.e., an average of 33.5 for the three years.
The Situation and Rouses.—The level of the ground water
is high.