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uncertified. These elicited the fact that 7 persons
died a violent death, 4 of them from suffocation
in bed. Alpha Mews heads the list, 22 per cent.
of the deaths occurring there being the occasion
of an inquest and 75 per cent. of the inquests
there yielding a verdict of death from violence.
It is a legitimate inference from the above facts
that the conditions of life in and around Alpha
Place are conducive to disease and death, and such
a low social morale as is evidenced in a high
rate of violent deaths.
SANITARY CONDITION GENERALLY.
The most striking feature in the area known as
Alpha Place, Alpha Place North, Alpha Place
West, and Alpha Mews is the bad arrangement
of the houses. The circulation of air in and
around the houses is most seriously obstructed,
the lighting is defective. The rear space such as
it is, and where there is any, is largely covered
in by obstructive buildings. The badly arranged
streets and houses and crowding of buildings upon
area make the task of remedying the other
sanitary defects which abound, a process of sanitary