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66 HOUSING.
Sanitary Defects.— A summary of the defects and nuisances discovered at the houses on
the Register during the past two years is given in Table 36. The larger numbers recorded
last year are in part due to the increase in number of houses on the Register.
Sickness.— In previous reports the data as to morbidity and mortality have been limited
to cases and deaths occurring in registered houses only. On this occasion the data have been
extracted for 30 streets in which practically all the houses are registered—including
therefore the houses in such streets which are not on the Register. For brevity's sake these
streets will be referred to as " Registered Streets."*
At the annual cleansing the inhabitants of the Registered Streets were found to number
15,978 persons, of whom 4,330 were under 10 years of age. The cases of sickness notified
numbered 119, viz.:—
Diphtheria and membranous croup 20 cases Scarlet fever 61 cases
Erysipelas 24 „ Enteric and continued fevers 12 „
Puerperal fever 2 cases.
The notification rate was 7.44 per 1,000 persons, compared with one of 4.31 for the
Remainder of the Borough.
In addition, 267 cases of non.notifiable infectious diseases were brought to the knowledge
of the Department, viz.:—
Measles, 139 Chickenpox, 65 Whooping Cough, 63
The deaths numbered 365, equal to a rate of 22.84 per 1,000 persons of all ages,
compared with one of 12.60 for the Rest of the Borough. The rates from the selected causes
of death are given in Table 37. The following are specially worthv of note:—Diarrhceal
diseases, 2.56 (3 times the rate for the Rest of the Borough); Phthisis, 2.19 (more than twice
the rate for the rest of the Borough) ; Developmental Diseases (all young children) 1*00, nearly
five times the rate for the Rest of the Borough; Respiratory diseases (bronchitis and
pneumonia) 3.74, nearly double the rate for the Rest of the Borough.
* The following are " Registered Streets."
Alfred Road.
Amberley Road.
Braden Street.
Draithwaite Place.
Brindley Street.
Campbell Street.
Cirencester Street.
Clarendon Street.
Cuthbert Street.
Dartington Terrace.
Desborough Street.
Elcom Street.
Emily Street.
Hall Place.
Hall Place West.
Hasborough Street.
Hethpool Street.
Kensal Road.
Modena Street.
Netley Street.
Philip Terrace.
Pressland Street.
Ranelagh Road.
Senior Street.
Stalham Street.
Southam Street.
Waverley Road.
Westbourne Terrace North.
Woodchester Street.
Woodfield Place.