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ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS,
HOUNDSDITCH.
At these buildings we have to deal with an
average population of 1,066 persons—535 per
cent. being adults, and 46.5 per cent. children.
The Death Rate was 11.2 per 1,000 per
annum, of which 60.0 per cent. were children
under 5 years of age. In Peabody Buildings
15.6.
Deaths of children under one year to
1,000 births, 40, as against 133 for the City
generally (Table C.) In Peabody Buildings
120.2.
The number of births was 50, viz.: 29 males
and 21 females.
The Birth Rate is high in our dwellings, viz.:
46.9 per 1,000, as against 17.0 for the whole
of the City, and 35.6 in Peabody Buildings.
For the third year in succession no births of
illegitimate children were recorded, a fact
which speaks well for the morality of the
inmates.