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(3) Providence Place Area.
Bounded by Lisson Street (rear of); Burnc Street (rear of); Bell Street
(rear of); and the Salvation Army Shelter; and including Providence
Place and Sun Cottages.
Number of houses 34
Estimated population 149
(4) Wilcove Place Area.
Bounded by Earl Street (rear of); Exeter Street (rear of); Ashmill Street;
and including Wilcove Place, Salisbury Street (several houses) and Ashmill
Street (several houses).
Number of houses 34
Estimated population 325
Other blocks in this area, though in some respects only slightly better than those
included in the blocks referred to, can, in my opinion, be allowed to remain till,
at any rate, the time of making the next return, presumably five years hence.
It will be noted that there is no reference whatever to any blocks in the St.
John's Wood area. As a matter of fact, my own inspections of this area are not
quite completed, but from what inspections I have made, and from my study of the
reports of the Inspectors.it seems to me that the Housing Committee and the Council
would be perfectly justified in refraining from the taking of action in connection
with clearance or improvement until at any rate the end of the first quinquennium.
The generality of the houses are kept in a fairly good state of repair, so far as the
interior is concerned certainly, and little or no difficulty is experienced in having any
notices served under the Public Health Act or other Acts complied with by the owners.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 1,427.8 (exclusive of water); 1,473 (including- water).
Population (1921). 104,173 (1930) 102,400 estimated.
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 18,507.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1930) according to Rate Books, 19,566
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921). 27,214.
Rateable value. £3,116,627.
Sum represented by a penny rate. £12,480.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births-
Total M. F.
Legitimate 1,077 556 521
Illegitimate 170 82 88 Birth Rate, 12.1
Still Births, 43. Rate per 1,000 total births, 3.4.
Deaths, 1,171. Death Rate, 10.6.
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 41.0.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth—from sepsis, 4,
other causes, 3.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births:—
Legitimate 58. Illegitimate 82. Total 62.
Deaths from Measles (all ages), 35
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 2.
Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age), 14.