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Mr. Grylls has taken a census and ascertained the number of
inhabitants per house, and he has also furnished me with the
extent of the district in acres, which he gives as 33, and which,
with a population of 2,500, allows 75½ persons per acre. These
33 acres are almost entirely covered with houses with small
gardens in front and rear. There are 493 houses, most of them
with from four to six rooms. The average number of occupants
of each house is 5.12 The streets which have the smallest
number of occupants per house are the White Hart Lane, 4.26;
Railway Side, 4.47; Cross Street, 5.0; Railway Street, 5.02; and
St. Ann's Passage, 5.1; and the largest, Archway Street, 5.77;
Thome Passage, 576; and Thorne Street, 5.27
"I am not able to find that any of the houses are so over full
as to require interference, and I may say that they are kept in as
satisfactory a condition by frequent inspections as is possible, and
Mr. Grylls is indefatigable in this work. The 493 houses are
occupied by 2,500 persons. There were 28 deaths registered
dur ng the year 1894, which gives a death rate of 11.2 per 1,000,
and for the three quarters of this year ending 30th September 26
deaths, which is equal to a death rate of 13.6 per 1,090 per
annum. There were two deaths from infectious sickness of
people belonging to the Westfields district during the year 1894,
one of whooping cough and one of scarlet fever, and there have
been four deaths during the present year, two of whooping
cough and two of diphtheria. I think that the conclusion we
must arrive at on considering the foregoing facts is that the houses
are not overcrowded, that the sickness and mortality for a poor
and populous place is unusually low, and that the amount of
infectious sickness is very small, in fact, the district bears very
favourable comparison with most healthy rural districts."
"According to your instructions I have to report as to the
density per acre, average number of inhabitants per house,
number of infectious diseases notified, and death rate per 1,000
of the Back Lane, Mortlake, included in the space bounded on