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HOUSING.
Clarendon Street Area.—The usual table of vital statistics for this Area has been slightly
altered on this occasion, with, it is believed, considerable advantage.
To this Area much attention has been given for some five or six years. Registration
was effected prior to 1901, and since that year cleansing has been carried out annually as
required by the By-laws and at other times when necessary.
The value of such work has been questioned, but the comparisons instituted in Table 46
afford good proof that the labour has not been wasted. The mean morbidity rates for the
three commoner notified diseases (diphtheria, scarlet and enteric fevers) for 1901-04 are all
below the means for 1896-1900, and last year's rates are below the mean rates for 1901-04.
The only rate showing an increase is that of puerperal fever, which can be explained to some
extent. Last year's rates for erysipelas and enteric fever were just below those for the Rest
of the Borough.
The death-rate at all ages shows an equally satisfactory decline, both on comparing the
two mean rates and the rate for last year with either mean. The mean rates for 0-10 and
10— years for 1901-04 were below those for 1890-1900, but last year's rate for the former age