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an annual expenditure of about £1,850. An
income of £5,550 is derived annually from
letting the tenements, being 1.83 per cent.
interest on capital outlay.
These buildings are inhabited by 1,066
persons, about 53 per cent. being adults, and
47 per cent. children.
The death rate for 1898 was 8.4 per 1,000 per
annum [of which 66.6 per cent. were children
under 5 years of age].
Deaths of children under one year to 1,000
births was 65, as against 118 for the City
generally.
The number of births was 46, viz.: 22 males
and 24 females.
The birth rate is always high in our dwellings,
being 43.1 per 1,000 last year, as against 16.1
for the whole of the City.