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with the discomfort and danger to health arising from
the overcrowding of individual houses. An attempt to
provide separate dwellings on the flat system was
made in one part of the District a few years ago, but has
not met with any success. The meagre and cramped
amount of yard space attached to the buildings,
together with the absence of proper amenity and
convenience has militated against the popularity of the
dwellings, which have in consequence developed into a
very undesirable class of property. Any further
provision of dwellings of this class should be rigorously
opposed. The provision however of a number of small,
conveniently arranged houses, with a sufficient amount
of garden attached, which could be let at a rental not
exceeding 6s 6d or 7s per week, would probably find
ready tenants, and would greatly assist in reducing the
number of houses occupied by more than one family.
Population.—I estimate the population to be
13,240—an increase of about 280. This estimate is
based on the number of occupied houses multiplied
by 5.3, the average number of persons per house at the
census of 1901.
Birth Rate.—During the year 1910 there were
registered 272 births. The birth rate was 20.5 per
1,000. Of the 272 births 9 were illegitimate.
Death Rate.—The number of deaths that were