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ADOPTED ACTS.
Baths and Washhouses Acts, 1846-99.
Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890.
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1890.
Private Street Works Act, 1892.
Public Libraries Act, 1892.
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1907 (Parts
of).
BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK.
Diphtheria: Positive, 6; Negative, 13.
Enteric Fever: Positive, 1; Negative, 0.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Positive, 0; Negative, 7.
The Report of the County Analyst appears under
"Food."
POPULATION.
Estimate of Registrar-General:—
For Birth Rate, 22,132; for Death Rate, 21,246.
At 1911 Census.—Gross Population 22,155; net
population, 21,110.
HOUSING.
Number of Houses Mid-Year, 1919:—
Rental Value, 10s. per week and upwards 2,625
Below 10s. per week 1,824
Total 4,449
No new houses for the working classes were erected.
For the purpose of filling in the "Form of Survey
of Housing Needs," last October, 947 cottages were
visited in 14 streets, which streets had been selected as
most likely to show overcrowding.
The result of this inspection was:—
Average number of bedrooms per house—2.5.
Total number of inhabitants—4,557.
Average number per house—4.8.
Number between 14 and 20 years of age—516.
Average per house—0.54.
Number of children attending school—10,071.