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in 2 streets, five houses ; in 1 street, seven houses ; and in 1
street, 13 houses. Of the 28 streets in which one house only
was invaded, 15 are in the North-West District, and 13 in the
North-East District. Of the other 15 streets wherein from 2
to 13 houses in each were invaded, all save one (Calverley
Street) are in the North-East District. The total cases in the
North-West District were 25, in the North-East District 97.
The streets in which two houses were invaded are Grolborne
Road, Telford Road, Hazlewood Crescent, Bevington Road,
Queen Anne's Terrace, Lionel Mews, and Ledbury Mews. The
streets in which three houses were invaded are Southam Street
and Swinbrook Road. Four houses were invaded in Wornington
Road, five in Faraday Road, and five in St. Ervan's Road,
seven in Portobello Road, and thirteen in Wheatstone Road.
In each of 62 houses there was one case only ; in each of 18
houses there were two cases; in three houses there were three
cases in each ; and there were four, five and six cases respectively
in other three houses. The second and subsequent cases
in a house were usually the result of defective isolation of
the primary case.
The sufferers comprised 63 males and 59 females ; 58 of
them were under five years of age, 54 between 5 and 12 years (the
usual public elementary school age), 5 between 12 and 21, and
5 upwards of 21 years. Their position in life may be summarised
as follows :—Sis were adults, viz., teacher, teacher's
wife, messenger, porter, wife of a milk seller, and a female
servant. One hundred and sixteen were children, viz., of
artizans 38 (including painter 20, carpenter, joiner, etc., 9,
plasterer 3), of labourers, etc., 20; of carman, cabman, horsekeeper,'busman
13, of persons employed on railways 9, of shop
assistants, etc., 6, of agents 4, of teacher, of fireman, of sweep,
and of messenger, 2 each, and other single cases (including 5 of
persons whose occupation was unknown) 18.