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Sutton Trust Dwellings, and Lewis Trust Dwellings, with a total population
of 5,300. The seven poor class streets are Dartrey-road, Francisstreet,
Gilray-square, Ives-street, Riley-street, Slaidburn-street, World's
End-passage and Courts adjacent, with a total population of 3,480.
The following table gives the births in the 5 wards of the Borough in
the year 1912 and the year 1918 (when the numbers were smallest), and
the decrease per cent. in this period. The births for 1919 show that an
increase took place last year, especially in Stanley and Royal Hospital
wards.

In Church Ward the decrease per cent. in births between 1912 and 1918
was only 8, as compared with 46 in Stanley Ward, but this is accounted
for by the opening of Sutton Dwellings in 1914, and of Lewis Dwellings,
in 1916. It is curious how, after the first year of occupancy in both these
dwellings, the births began steadily to decline. In 1919, the births commenced
to rise again.