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City of London 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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42
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 1,031
persons. Fifty-nine per cent, are adults and forty-one per cent, children
(under 14 years).
The death rate for 1906 was 5'8 per 1,000 per annum [of which 50
per cent, was of children under 5 years of age]. The number of deaths
per 1,000 births of children under one year was 111, as against 88 for the
City generally.

Table: Table of Births and Deaths occurring at the Artizans' Dwellings Stoney Lane, Houndsditch, during the year 1906.

Table of Births and Deaths occurring at the Artizans' Dwellings Stoney Lane, Houndsditch, during the year 1906.

Name of Block.Births.Mortality feom all Causes at subjoined ages.
Male.Female.At all ages.Under 1 year.l and under 55 and under 1516 and under 2525 and under 6060 and upwards.
NORTH BLOCK5542......11...
SOUTH „1........................
KING'S „11.....................
QUEEN'S „32.....................
PRINCE'S „3621............1
TOTALS131463......111

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For details of Mortality, see Appendix A, page 163.
The number of births was 27, viz.: 13 males and 14 females. The birth
rate, 26.1 per 1,000, is the lowest recorded, and is 7.9 per 1,000 below the
average for the previous five years.
Only one illegitimate birth has been recorded in these Dwellings since 1894,
which is consistent with the high reputation for morality among the Jews, by
whom they are mainly occupied.