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No. 4 contains parts of Horseferry Road, Page and Johnson Streets,
mostly made up of tenement houses.
No. 5. After deducting 19 deaths which occurred in two common
lodging-houses (452 persons) there still remain 57 deaths, giving a rate
of no less than 798. Chadwick Street is responsible for 31 of these
deaths, the remainder being distributed among the adjoining streets and
courts, except Arneway Street, in which no death from consumption
occurred. Chadwick Street has a population of about 600, and the
majority of the people have been there for some years (two families for
38 and 31 years respectively); there is undoubtedly a floating population
who stay only for a few months or even weeks, but even allowing
for a population of double the above number, the tubercular deathrate
is extremely high. The total number of deaths recorded in this
street during the 3 years was 84, so that those due to tubercular
disease constituted more than one-third. I find from enquiries made
previously that there are 41 houses in this street divided into 218
tenements, nearly all of which (197) are single rooms, accommodating
500 persons (170 men, 200 women, and 130 children under 15 years of
age), the remainder consist of 12 sets of two rooms (67 persons), 3 of
three rooms (15 persons), 2 of four rooms (11 persons), 1 of six rooms
(4 persons). That the inhabitants are generally poor is also shown by
the fact that 40 of the 84 deaths took place in the infirmary and 7 in
hospitals. It is evident that steps must be taken to deal with the
condition of things which exist here. The adjoining streets fortunately
show a somewhat better record than does Chadwick Street.
Area No. 6 contains some large blocks of model buildings, with a
population of 1,430, among whom there were 7 deaths from tubercular
disease in the 3 years, equal to 163 per 100,000 ; also a common
lodging-house with 86 inmates and 6 deaths, leaving 11 deaths among
551 persons in part of Strutton Ground, St. Ann's Street, St. Ann's
Lane, St. Matthew Street, and Great Peter Street.
Area No. 8 includes part of Horseferry Eoad, Grosvenor Eoad, Earl
Street, Johnson Street, Page Street, Vincent Street, and Hudson's Terrace.
The deaths are chiefly distributed in Johnson Street, Page Street,
Vincent Street, and Hudson's Terrace.
No. 11 contains the site of the City's new buildings in Regency Street
and parts of Page Street, Vincent Street, Chapter Street and Douglas
Street. Eegency and Douglas Streets had four deaths each.
St. John's Ward during the last three years has suffered ar.d is still
doing so from the unsettled condition which always results when
extensive alterations are in progress or are anticipated. The displacement
of large numbers of people leads to overcrowding of other streets
in the neighbourhood, and the knowledge that a house is near the end
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