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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS.
At the Artizans' Dwellings in Houndsditch,
we have to deal with a population of say 1,066
persons-53.5 per cent. being Adults, and 46.5
per cent. children.
The Death Rate in these buildings was 14.1
per 1,000 per annum, of which GO per cent.
were children under 5 years of age.
Deaths from children under one year
to 1,000 births, 170, as against 156 for the
City generally and 143 for all London.
The Zymotic Death Rate is comparatively
high, being at the rate of 2.81 per 1,000 per
annum, as against 0.72 in the City as a whole,
and 2.6 for the Metropolis. (Table C.)