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It may be noted that 142 tenements belonging to class A and 35 to class B were
found to be unoccupied at the time the dwellings were visited. Taking the figures
as stated above the number of rooms per tenement is the same in both classes namely
2.4, but the number of persons per room averages a little over 1.3 for class A, as
compared with nearly 1.8 for class B. This may be taken as a very fair indication
that the conditions associated with residence in the class B dwellings arc not so
favourable from a health point of view as in the case of the class A dwellings.

The number of births was 16 less than in 1910.
The proportion of deaths attributed to prematurity was at the rate of 24-4
per 1,000 births, as compared with 13.5 in 1910, 11.7 in 1909, 4.3 in 1908, 12 in 1907,
12 in 1906, and 27.5 in 1905. In class A the deaths from prematurity amounted
to 20.8 per 1,000 births, whilst in class B they were 32.8. For the whole Borough
the deaths from prematurity amounted to 22.6 per 1,000 births.
The infantile mortality for the whole of the dwellings was 131 per 1,000 births,
as compared with 95 in 1910, 113 in 1909, 103 in 1908, 124 in 1907, 97 in 1906, and
140 in 1905. For the class A dwellings it was 125, as compared with 65 in 1910,
101 in 1909, 75 in 1908, 99 in 1907, 84 in 1906, and 134 in 1905. For class B the
mortality was 147, as compared with 192 in 1910, 158 in 1909, 213 in 1908. 207
in 1907, 133 in 1906, and 166 in 1905.

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