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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 941*
persons, compared with 1,031 in 1906. Sixty-two per cent, are adults, and
thirty-eight per cent, children (under 14 years).
This reduction in the number of inhabitants is owing to the steps taken to
prevent overcrowding, which had been brought to my notice in the course of
the year. It should be stated that where overcrowding was found to exist, it
was not due to the abuse of sub-letting but mainly to the natural increase
of families.
The death rate for 1907 was 13*8 per 1,000 per annum [of which 30*7
per cent, was of children under 5 years of age]. The number of deaths
per 1,000 births of children under one year was 91, as against 89 for the
City generally.

For details of Mortality, see Appendix A, page 167.
The number of births was 33, viz. : 14 males and 19 females. The birth
rate, 35-0 per 1,000, is the highest recorded since 1902, and is 2"6 per 1,000
above the average for the previous five years.
* i.e., persons sleeping on the premises.