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one house only was invaded, 20 are in the North-west District, and
27 in the North-east District. The total cases in the North-west
District were 59, in the North-east District, 82. In 38 of the
44 streets in South Kensington one house in each street was
invaded; in 4 streets 2 houses, and in 2 streets 3 houses.
The streets in which 2 houses were invaded are Walmer
Road and Stoneleigh Street, in the North-west District; Acklam
Road, Appleford Road and Bevington Road in the North-east
District; Newcombe Street, in the Central District; and Finborough
Road, Hans Road, and Onslow Mews West, in the South
District. The streets in which 3 houses were invaded are
Blechynden Mews, St. Clement's Road, and St. Katherine's Road,
in the North-west District; St. Ervan's Road and Tavistock
Crescent, in the North-east District; Warwick Road, in the
Central District; and Child's Place, in the South District. Four
houses were invaded in Portland Road, Lancaster Road,
Ladbroke Grove Road, St. Ann's Road, Crescent Street, and
Rackham Street, in the North-west District, and Cornwall Road
and Swinbrook Road, in the North-east District. Six houses
were invaded in Wornington Road, and 8 houses in Portobello
Road, both streets being in the North-east District.
In each of 148 houses there was one case only; in each of
13 houses there were 2 cases; in 7 houses there were 3 cases in
each; in 2 houses there were 4 cases in each, and in one house
there were 6 cases.
The sufferers comprised 83 males and 126 females; 70 of
them were under five years of age, 58 between five and twelve
years (the usual public elementary school age), 30 between twelve
and twenty-one, and 51 upwards of twenty-one.
Their position in life may be summarized as follows:—
64 were adults, viz., of the upper or professional class 4, of the
trading class 4, and of the artizan and labouring classes 56 ; one