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The death rate for St. Luke's for five years averaged 26.5
per 1,000, 43.9 per cent being under five.
Beckford Square is a cut de sac, approached by an archway
formed by two houses in Old Street. It consists of an open
courtway containing fourteen houses, seven on each side, each
house having four rooms situated one above another, and occupied
by four families each.
There is practically no means of through ventilation, as there
are only small gratings in the back walls on the staircases, close
to which are the high walls of adjoining buildings. There are
no yards. The W.C.'s (4) are situated in the open courtway.
All these houses are registered, and contain on an average 13½
persons to a house. The total deaths in five years numbered the
twenty-four.
There are fifty-six families (166 persons) living in the area.
The death rate was equal to 28.9 per 1,000 per annum. Deaths,
five years and under, averaged 29.1 per cent., and from phthisis
25 per cent.
Six cases of infectious disease were certified, and sixteen
sanitary complaints were received during five years.
Tilney Court is a narrow paved way, approached by an archway
between two shops, and contains nine small houses, five on
the east and four on the west side; the former have been closed
for eight years, having no W.C.'s.
The four houses on the west side contain four rooms each—two
on a floor. There are back windows to all the houses, but a
high wall at rear, enclosing stable and farrier premises, limits the
through ventilation. There is a high wall at end belonging to
the premises in Banner Street, and the height of the houses in
()ld Street prevents a current through the courtway. The houses
are occupied by four families each chiefly costermongers. The
ground floor is below the paved way, and is unventilated ; the
paving is bad. There is a small yard to each house, averaging
15 feet by 5 feet, and containing a W.C. The houses themselves
are in fair repair, and being much overcrowded, notices have
been served to abate.
The number of inhabitants is thirty-seven ; the total deaths
eight, equal to 4.3 per cent. half being children five years and
under.