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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 919*
persons, compared with 941 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
wasnot due to the abuse of sub-letting but mainly to the natural increase
of families.
The death rate for 1908 was 10.6 per 1,000 per annum [of which 40
per cent, was of children under 5 years of age]. The number of deaths
per 1,000 births of children under one year was 103, as against 65 for the
City generally.

For details of Mortality, see Appendix A, page 167.
The number of births was 29, viz.: 14 males and 15 females. The birth
rate was 31.5 per 1,000, and is 1.2 per 1,000 above the average for the
previous five years.
* persons sleeping on the premises.