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EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF BODIES AT THE
CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY.
During the year the bodies of four persons buried at the City of London Cemetery
at Ilford have been exhumed. Of these, three were immediately re-interred in other
parts of the same Cemetery, and one was removed to the Crematorium for cremation,
the ashes being subsequently buried in a part of the Cemetery specially dedicated for
this purpose.
In accordance with the terms of the Licences issued by the Home Secretary in
respect of these cases the work of removal, re-interment and cremation was 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 827* persons, compared
with 842 in 1913. 68.9 per cent. are adults, and 31.1 per cent. children (under
14 years).
The number of births was 30, viz.: 13 males and 17 females. The birth rate
was 36.3 per 1,000, which is 5.3 per 1,000 above the average tor the previous five
years.
The death rate for 1914 was 9.68 per 1,000 per annum. The number of deaths
of children under one year, per 1,000 births, was 67, as against 100 for the City
generally.

* i.e., persons sleeping on the premises.