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of them is totally inadequate to the requirements of their numerous
inhabitants; the necessary offices are of a most primitive and
meagre description; and in short I am of opinion that it would be
difficult to find in the whole Metropolis a worse property than
there exists. The area is inhabited by about 800 persons, and the
death-rate among these people is about 36 per 1,000. I have no
hesitation in saying that the existence of this area is one of the
causes of the high death-rate in the Hamlet. Things are so bad
there that I was induced to make a report concerning it to the
Metropolitan Board of Works, under the provisions of the
Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1872; and I am sanguine
of success in my endeavour to bring about a more sanitary condition
of affairs.
The following Table shows the Annual Birth Hate, Bate of
Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public
Institutions during the past year and seven years preceding:—
Birth Rate per 1,000
of the population.
Annual Rate of
Mortality, per 1,000
living.
Deaths of Children
under 1 year ; per
centage of Total
Deaths.
Per centage of deaths
of Children under 1
year to Registered
Births.
Deaths of Children
under 5 years ; per
centage of Total
Deaths.
Total Number of
Deaths in Public
Institutions.
1876
37
24.5
29
17
53
250
1869
32
25
28
22
57
190
1870
35
21
28
17
50
190
1871
34
21
26
l6
48
190
1872
35
19
29
15
52
190
1873
36
23
27
19
50
200
1874
36
21
25
16
46
176
1875
37
25.8
28
19
47
204
Average of
7 years.
1869—1875
35
22
27
18
50
191