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It will be seen that in Alpha Place only 1
house, and in Alpha Place North only 3 have escaped
the visits of death during the 10 years, while in many
houses 4 and 5 deaths have occurred, and in 1 no
fewer than 7 deaths. For Willesden, the average
number of deaths per house is less than 1 in 10 years.
The average population per house, however, is lower,
being 7.16, as compared with 8.4 in Alpha Place, and
9.4 in Alpha Place North. In Alpha Mews, the
average population per house is necessarily, from the
character of the houses, low, being in fact 4.1. This
accounts for the fact that despite its high death rate,
the house incidence of death is low.
The Tables justify the observation that the
conditions of life are not only injurious to the resideots,
but are so widely distributed as to tell upon the whole
local population.
Perhaps the actual loss entailed as a result of
these injurious conditions is best appreciated when
stated in terms of comparative deaths. Had the
people in Alpha Place died at the same mean rates as
the rest of Willesden in the 10 years 1894-1903,
only 18 persons would have died. As a matter of