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in the first ring, and fell to 6.16 and 2.57 in the two outer
quarter.mile rings. But in the inner quarter mile circle
there are only 432 houses, occupied to a considerable extent
by the poorer classes, while in the three rings, counting from
within outwards, there are 3,488, 4,224 and 3,569 houses respectively,
occupied for the most part, in Kensington at least, by
well.to.do people, the outer ring moreover being to a considerable
extent uncovered by buildings. In the inner circle,17 35 percent,
of the houses were invaded, the actual number being 75; in the first
ring, quarter to half mile, only 9.25 per cent, of the houses were
invaded, but the actual number was 320. During the three
months covered by Mr. Power's inquiry, small.pox appeared
in 13 houses only, within the inner circle, but these count for 3
per cent., whereas in the first of the outer rings 54 houses, or
four times as many, were invaded, but these only count for l.54
per cent., or just half the percentage in the inner circle.
The following table from Mr. Power's Report will make these
points clearer, but I have added to it the total number of houses,
and the number of houses in which small.pox occurred, in the
special area, and in each of its divisions.