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disease. The distribution of the deaths in the district will make it
apparent that social conditions play a most important part. The
street distribution was as follows:—
Colville Road 6 deaths.
Palmerston Road 3 „Kingswood Road 3 „
Winchester Street 2 ,,
Somerset Road 2 ,,
Berrymead Gardens 2 „
Berrymede Road 2 „
Park Road East 1 „
Junction Road 1 ,,
Essex Park Mews 1 ,,
Meon Road 1 „
Saville Road 1 ,,
Fletcher Road 1 „
Osborne Road 1 ,,
Park Road North 1 ,,
Holland Terrace 1 ,,
Shaftesbury Road 1 ,,
Nelson Place .., 1 ,,
York Road 1 ,,
Stirling Road 1 „
Bollo Bridge Road 2 deaths.
Hanbury Road 1 death.
Petersfield Road 1 ,,
Southfield Road 1 „
Measles occurring amongst children who live under favourable
conditions may be a benign disease, and such children have a small
percentage of fatality; but children with lowered vitality from poor
food and insufficient ventilation develop complications which
make their percentage of deaths abnormally high.
It is estimated that a house is overcrowded if the average
number of persons per room exceeds two. Taking this standard as
a basis in 13 cases out of the 36 there was overcrowding, and the
vitiated atmosphere which resulted, probably caused the large
number of deaths from lung complications.