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to 13.5 per 1,000 for the decennium ending 1901,
means a saving practically of 2 lives for every 1,000
of population each year, and this, on the present
population of Willesden, means a saving of 270 persons
a year, or roughly 5 a week.
It is to be noted then—
(1) That the trend of growth of the population
in Willesden is to an augmentation of
the class living in tenements of less than
5 rooms.
(2) That the greatest increase in the tenement
class during the last decennium of which
we have statistical evidence has occurred
in tenements of 4 rooms.
(3) That the increase next in proportion has
occurred in 3 roomed tenements, and
that this constitutes the largest class of
tenements of less than 5 rooms.
(4) That the population housed in 2 roomed
tenements is actually increasing, though
proportionately to the whole population
it is diminishing.