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the difficulty in getting the work carried out with the proper
expedition. The Inspector, I may add, gave as much attention
to the "Special Area" as he could, having regard to the
claims upon his time of the district generally, his work in which,
so far as it can be tabulated, is set out in Table VI. (Appendix.)
"Notting Dale" Statistics in 1896.—The inquiry by
the Special Committee, above referred to, was the outcome of
the statement of the vital and mortal statistics of the special
area, in 1895, as set out in the last monthly report for that year
and the first two reports for 1896. I regret that I have nothing
more favourable to report in respect of the latter year; for, as
we have already seen, the death-rate was excessive (50 per
1000), and the death-rate from diseases of the zymotic class
was abnormal, being 8.0 per 1000, as compared with a rate of
2.7 for the parish as a whole. The deaths of infants under
one year, moreover, were in the proportion of 432 to 1000
registered births. The deaths from all causes (187) exceeded
the births (118) by 69. The deaths and the death-rate in the
several streets were as follows:- St. Katharine's Road, 64
deaths, death-rate 48.6 per 1,000; Bangor Street, 46 deaths,
death-rate 52.6 per 1,000; Crescent Street, 29 deaths, deathrate
40.9 per 1,000; St. Clement's Road (part of), 28 deaths,
death-rate 56.5 per 1,000; William Street, 20 deaths, deathrate
48.3 per 1,000. Of the 187 deaths, 77 took place in the
locality—"at home;" 98 at the Parish Infirmary; 5 at the
Western Fever Hospital; 2 at lunatic asylums; 2 at hospitals
1 at a "Home;" 1 at a police station, and one in a garden. The
ages at death were as follows:—In 51 cases under one year;
in 31 cases between one and five years; in 6 cases between 5
and 20 years; in 70 cases between 20 and 60 years; and in
29 cases at 60 years and upwards. The causes of death include
44 from tubercular diseases and wasting diseases (i.e., atrophy,
debility and inanition); 49 from diseases of the heart and
lungs; 30 from diseases of the zymotic class; 17 from diseases
of the nervous system, including convulsions; 7 from cancer;
6 from syphilis; 4 from old age; and 30 from various other