Sentence:  ... St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively <WSD>interest</WSD> from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.