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Three deaths were due to phthisis, being equal to 37'5 per
cent. of the whole.
Only two notices of infectious cases have been received and
eleven sanitary complaints for the five years.
Young's Buildings is a narrow turning between No. 86, Old
Street (a coffee shop), and a vacant place, formerly occupied by
a brewery. It consists of seven houses, six of which contain
three rooms and No. 7 has four rooms, the six are each occupied
by three or four families. They are in a fair state of repair,
have a small yard with W.C. for each house; they have windows
at the rear, but the high wall behind building in front and closed
end limit the circulation of air. The site of the brewery being
now vacant renders this place much more healthy than formerly.
In this area is included Nos. 86 and 90, Old Street, and Nos.
189 to 209, Whitecross Street. No. 86 is the coffee and dining
rooms at the corner of Young's Buildings and Old Street. No.
90 is the public-house at the corner of Whitecross Street; it
contains eleven rooms and is occupied by one family and
employes; there are two W.C.'s. The houses in Whitecross
Street contain shops and six rooms, and cellars used for storage;
they are occupied by one family each with an average of five
persons ; the W.C.'s are situated in the houses in several instances,
there being no yards, and the houses were shut in by the brewery
buildings at rear, which buildings extended from Old Street to
Garrett Street, with the exception of No. 201 (upon the owner
of which a notice has been served) ; they are in fair repair.
The population of this area is ninety-five. The number of
deaths, during the last five years was seventeen, being equal to
35.7 per 1,000 of the population per annum; 41.1 per cent. of
the deaths occurred to children five years and under. The
phthisis death rate was 29.4 per cent. The number of infectious
diseases notified during five years was six.
Twenty-seven Sanitary complaints were received during the
same period.
Central Street Area includes the houses numbered 2 to 36 on
the east side in that thoroughfare, Whitby Court in the rear
of Nos. 20, 22 and 24, 81 and 83, Old Street, at its southern end,
and Nos. 2 and 4, Mitchell Street, where that street joins Central
Street. Most of the houses in Central Street are very old and