Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909.

  • City of London (London, England). Corporation of London.
Date:
[1910]
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Credit: Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    48 ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH. These buildings, erected by the late Commissioners of Sewers and opened in January, 1885, stand upon ground formerly the site of several courts and alleys in the Ward of Portsoken. There are five blocks of Dwellings, severally named King's—Queen's— Prince's—North—and South, designed for occupation by persons of the artizan class; some of the ground floors being let as shops. The buildings contain 501 rooms, arranged in 244 tenements, and are occupied by 878* persons, compared with 919 in 1908. Sixty-nine per cent. are adults, and thirty-one per cent. children (under 14 years). This reduction in the number of inhabitants is owing to the steps taken to prevent overcrowding, which had been brought to my notice in the course of the year. It should be stated that where overcrowding was found to exist, it was not due to the abuse of sub-letting but mainly to the natural increase of families. The death rate for 1909 was 15.9 per 1,000 per annum [of which 29 per cent. was of children under 5 years of age]. The number of deaths per 1,000 births of children under one year was 77, as against 103 for the City generally. Table of Births and Deaths occurring at the Artizans' Dwellings, Stoney Lane, Houndsditch, during the year 1908. Name of Block. Births. Mortality from all Causes at subjoined ages. Male. Female. At all ages. Under 1 year. 1 and under 5 5 and under 16 15 and under 25 25 and under 60 60 and up wards. NORTH BLOCK 2 5 3 1 ... ... ... 1 1 SOUTH „ 1 2 3 ... ... ... ... 1 2 KING'S „ 1 3 2 ... ... ... ... 1 1 QUEEN'S „ 4 1 1 ... ... ... ... 1 ... PRINCE'S „ 5 2 5 1 2 ... ... 1 1 TOTALS 13 13 14 2 2 ... ... 5 5 For details of Mortality, see Appendix A, page 145. The number of births was 26, viz.: 13 males and 13 females. The birth rate was 29*6 per 1,000, and is 0.7 per 1,000 below the average for the previous five years. * i.e., persons sleeping on the premises.