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EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF BODIES AT THE
CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY.
During the year 6 Licences have been issued by the Home Secretary, permitting
exhumation and re-interment of bodies buried in the City of London Cemetery at Ilford.
In accordance with the terms of these Licences, the work of removal from the one
grave, and re-interment in another, has been carried out in the early morning under
the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health.
ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH.
These buildings, erected by the late Commissioners of Sewers and opened in
January, 1885, stand upon ground formerly the site of several courts and alleys in
the Ward of Portsoken.
There are five "blocks" of Dwellings, severally named King's—Queen's—
Prince's—North—and South, designed for occupation by persons of the artizan
class; some of the ground floors being let as shops. The buildings contain 501
rooms, arranged in 241 tenements, and are occupied by 839* persons, compared
with 847 in 1911. 69.8 per cent. are adults, and 30.2 per cent. children (under
14 years).
The death rate for 1912 was 9.5 per 1,000 per annum. The number of deaths
of children under one year, per 1,000 births, was nil, as against 26 for the City
generally.

The number of births was 28, viz.: 18 males and 10 females. The birth rate
was 33.4 per 1,000, and is 1.7 per 1,000 above the average lor the previous five
years.
* i.e., persons sleeping on the premises.