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1,784 of three rooms, 2,429 of two rooms, and 825 of
one room.
The average weekly earnings of the head of each family
in residence at the close of the year was £1 3s. 5fd.
The average rent of each dwelling was 4s. 9½d. a week,
and of each room 2s. 2d. The rent in all cases includes
the free use of water, laundries, sculleries, and bath rooms.
The number of persons in residence on 31st December
last was 19,854, showing a mean density of 725 people to
the acre, or nearly 13 times that of London.
The birth-rate for the year reached 35.5 per 1,000,
which is 5.3 per 1,000 above that of all London for the
same period. The death-rate, including the deaths of 48
inhabitants of the buildings who were removed to hospitals,
was 15.6 per 1,000, which is 3.0 per 1,000 below
the average of London. The infant mortality was 120.2
in each 1,000 births, or 40.7 below that of London.
2.—Buildings belonging to the Incorporated Society for Improving
the Condition of the Working Classes.
Office, 8, Southampton Row, W.C.
A.—The Model Houses, Streatham Street.
Superintendent, Mr. Sayers.