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Block No. 3 is bounded on the east by the west side of Dock Street; on
the south by a factory ; on the west by the east side of Glass House Street;
and on the north by the south side of Hog Yard. In this block are comprised
Vincent's Place, Providence Court, Shorter's Rents, part of Glass House Street
and a part of Dock Street. The number of houses in this block is 37, which
contain 148 rooms. The population is 345, viz. 217 adults and 128 children.
The area is 2739 square yards, which gives 7.9 square yards to each inhabitant.
In this space the deaths during the year have been 12. The rate of mortality
therefore is 34.7 per 1000.
The total area of these three blocks is 19,482 square yards. In this area
there are lodged 2369 people, to each of whom there is allotted upon an
average 8.2 square yards. The mortality in this population has been 89,
which gives a death rate of 38.4 per 1000, or 12 per 1000, above the rate of
mortality of the entire district.
Crown Court, which is a narrow alley about nine feet in width, connecting
Blue Anchor Yard with Glass House Street, and is comprised in No.
2 block, has an area of about 812 square yards, and contains 24 houses, in
which are 72 rooms. In this court or alley there is a population of 242, to
each of whom is allowed on an average the small space of only 3.4 square
yards. The mortality among this population was 10, which is at the
annual rate of 41.3 per 1000.
I may here observe, that in both the districts selected for inquiry, viz,
that on the North side of Whitechapel High Street, and that on the South
side of Royal Mint Street, the deaths from epidemic diseases have been during
the year very few. The mortality has been chiefly caused by diseases of the
respiratory organs, congenital debility, by convulsions and hooping-cough,
teething and consumption. We will now turn our attention to the north
side of the District.
There exists a block of buildings bounded on the south by the rear of the
buildings on the north side of Whitechapel High Street; on the north by the
south side of Wentworth Street; on the east by the west side of Goulston
Street; and on the west by the east side of Middlesex Street. This block
comprises Horse Shoe Place, Elizabeth Court, Three Tun Alley, Boar's Head
Yard, Love Court, Little Love Court, Swan Court, Hebrew Place, Marlborough
Court, portions of Middlesex Street, Goulston Street and Wentworth Street.
This block has a superficial area of 16,760 yards, and contains 248 houses,
in which there are about 1488 rooms, and a population of 1937, viz. 1046
adults and 891 children. Here the space for each person is on an average
8.6 square yards. The deaths among the population have been 41, which
shows a death-rate of only 21.1 per 1000.
The facts which are above stated, relating to the density of the population
and the rate of mortality in the blocks of buildings on the north and
south sides of the District, are very remarkable, and are highly suggestive.
It appears that in both of these localities the density of population is about
the same, yet the rate of mortality on the north side is 21.1 per 1000, while