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The total cost of the buildings and land upon
which they stand was £202,242, which are now
maintained at an annual expenditure of about
£1,850. The income derived from letting the
tenements is £5,550, being 1.83 per cent.
interest on the capital outlay.
They are much sought after, and the rooms
are rarely empty. The rent varies from 4s. 6d.
to 9s. per week.
The death rate for 1899 was 15.0 per 1,000 per
annum [of which 18.8 per cent. were children
under 5 years of age].
Deaths of children under one year to 1,000
births were 75, as against 130 for the City
generally.
The number of births was 40, viz.: 22 males
and 18 females.
The birth rate has fallen from 43.1 in 1898
to 37.5 in 1899; the average for the previous
five years being 44.0 per 1,000 per annum.
With one exception (1898) there has not been
any illegitimate births during the fourteen years
the buildings have been in existence.