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The foregoing figures indicate that amongst the inhabitants of the
Artizans' Dwellings in the Borough during 1908, the mortality from all causes,
although higher than in 1907, was markedly lower than that of the Borough
generally. The death-rate in the class A dwellings was not so low as for 1907,
but it was considerably below that of the Borough. The class B dwellings
show a decreased death-rate, as compared with that of 1907, but it was markedly
higher than that of the Borough. The infantile mortality, taking the dwellings
as a whole, was much below that of the Borough, but the difference in the
infantile mortalities of the two classes of dwellings is very striking, that of
class B being considerably above the average for the Borough. It is also to be
noted that the birth-rate in these dwellings is considerably lower than that of
the Borough.
The incidence of attacks of notifiable infectious disease was considerably
higher than in the Borough generally. The attack-rate was lower in the
class B dwellings than in the class A dwellings.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
The following houses were registered during the year, under the by-laws
as to houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one
family: —
Gifford Street, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11.
Crooked Billet Yard, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 7, 8.
The number placed upon the register during the year was 14, making a
total of 328 since the by-laws came into operation. The number on the register
at the end of the year was 286. These houses were under observation during
the year, and some 345 visits of inspection were made, attention being more
particularly directed to the houses registered in Dereham Place, Laburnam
Street, Wellington Place, Barton Court, Bernale's Buildings, George's Square,
Myrtle Street, Collingwood Street, Essex Street, Westmoreland Place, and
Britannia Street. The houses registered in the last-named street—Nos. 113
to 121—received a good deal of attention at the hands of the Chief Inspector,
and a marked improvement was effected in their sanitary condition.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
No applications for certificates under the above Acts as to the sanitary
fitness of dwellings for the purpose of obtaining exemption from payment of
inhabited house duty were received during the year.